# NTSB DEN88LA159: Boeing A75N1, N772WM, Gallup, NM, July 15, 1988

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: July 15, 1988, 15:27 local (21:27 UTC)
- Place: Gallup, NM
- Location: 35.5111° N, 108.7893° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GALLUP MUNI (GUP), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.5111&lon=-108.7893&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report August 8, 1989
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 17506
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DEN88LA159
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/17506/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN88LA159

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - roll
  - airspeed - excessive, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - ground loop/swerve - inadvertent, pilot in command (cause)
  - weather condition - high density altitude (contributing factor)
- Main gear collapsed, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - soft (contributing factor)

## Aircraft

- Registration: N772WM (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BOEING A75N1
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 75 971
- Airframe hours: 7487
- Engines: 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.

- Pilot; age 39; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19880715026979A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880715026979A), Jul 15, 1988: Boeing A75N1, Gallup, NM, Substantial damage. Lost control and ground looped off the runway. On the landing roll left lower wing was torn off by ground impact.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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