- Date
- July 14, 1988, 13:30 local (19:30 UTC)
- Place
- Gallup, NM
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N48055Cessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 7, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880714027599A
- Case key
- 17503
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
Prior to takeoff from the 6469 ft MSL airport, the pilot leaned the mixture at 2000 RPM. Density altitude was aprx 9100 ft MSL. The 10-DEG flap takeoff and climbout to 300 ft AGL was said to be normal initially; then the aircraft began losing altitude although the engine RPM remained at about 2000 RPM. The pilot said he raised the flaps and lowered the nose to reacquire vy, but the aircraft continued losing altitude. The pilot decided to make a precautionary landing in open pasture aprx 3 miles west of the airport. The pilot reduced power and deployed full flaps. The aircraft touched down and, during rollout, hit a small gully and flipped over. The pilot said heavy rain fell 45 min after the accident. According to Gallup fss, a thunderstorm moved s of the arpt at 1349 with rainshowers of unknown intensity in all quadrants. Acft hanbook states that the mixture should be leaned at full power.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N48055
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15283275
- Airframe hours
- 3,235
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- King Air, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Glenn O. Short
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · June 10, 1988 · 50 hours before
- Departed
- GUP · Gallup, NM
- Destination
- SAF · Santa Fe, NM
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- GUP · Gallup Municipal
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 29
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 94 total · 88 in this make and model · 21 as pilot in command · 15 in the last 90 days · 11 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 230° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 25 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 6,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 84 °F, dew point 41 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- GUP, 3 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.