# NTSB FTW82DA122: Cessna 172, N8408U, Gallup, NM, April 11, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Final report
- Date: April 11, 1982, 08:45 local (15:45 UTC)
- Place: Gallup, NM
- Coordinates: 35.520301, -108.73001 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.5203&lon=-108.7300&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report April 11, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 70804
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW82DA122
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/70804/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW82DA122

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - flare/touchdown
  - ground loop/swerve - not corrected, pilot in command (cause)
  - control interference - inadvertent, passenger (contributing factor)
  - judgment - poor, pilot in command (contributing factor)
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - soft (contributing factor)
  - terrain condition - ditch (contributing factor)
- Nose over, landing - roll

## Analysis

ON THE SECOND LANDING OF THE FLIGHT THE AIRCRAFT VEERED TO THE LEFT AND DEPARTED THE RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT NOSED OVER AFTER HITTING SOFT DIRT AND A DRAINAGE DITCH. THE PILOT STATED THAT THE AIRCRAFT SWERVED ON THE FIRST LANDING AND HE FELT THAT THE PASSENGER MAY HAVE HAD HIS FOOT ON THE LEFT RUDDER PEDAL. THE AIRCRAFT WAS BEING FLOWN FROM THE RIGHT SEAT WITH THE PASSENGER IN THE LEFT SEAT.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N8408U](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8408U), registered now, S/N 17252308 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172
- Registry model: [Cessna 172F](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172f) (registry code 2072414) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental 0-300 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (registry code 17022, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 17252308
- Airframe hours: 2382
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-300-D 145 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Bernard J. Musso, Jr.
- Registered owner: Spencer V. Johns
- Departed: GUP, GALLUP, NM
- Destination: GUP, GALLUP, NM
- Airport: GUP, Senator Clark, runway 24, 6,300 × 100 ft, macadam

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 32; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; flight hours: 2,239 total, 23 in this make and model, 238 as pilot in command, 25 in the last 90 days, 4 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 220° at 9 knots
- Visibility: 15 statute miles
- Temperature: 131 °F
- Observed at: GUP

## 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 19820411008829A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820411008829A), Apr 11, 1982: Cessna 172F, Gallup, NM, Substantial damage. Veered off runway on touch and go. Nosed over in mud. Pilot believes passenger had a foot on a dual control pedal.

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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