- Date
- July 15, 1988, 15:27 local (21:27 UTC)
- Place
- Gallup, NM
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N772WMBoeing A75N1
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 8, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880715026979A
- Case key
- 17506
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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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.
Loss of control - on ground/water
Airspeed - excessiveFactor
Directional control - not maintainedCause
Ground loop/swerve - inadvertentCause
Weather condition - high density altitudeFactor
Main gear collapsed
Terrain condition - softFactor
Aircraft
- Registration
- N772WM
- Reported as
- Boeing A75N1
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 75 971
- Airframe hours
- 7,487
- Engine
- P&W R-1340, 600 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Operator
- Scarabino, Frank P., doing business as National Aerial Advertising
- Registered owner
- National Aerial Advertising
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 2, 1987 · 426 hours before
- Departed
- GCN · Grand Canyon, AZ
- Destination
- GUP
- Airport
- GUP · Gallup, runway 24, 6,300 × 100 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 39
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Rear
- Flight hours
- 3,718 total · 638 in this make and model · 3,660 as pilot in command · 141 in the last 90 days · 43 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 90 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.