- Date
- July 29, 1982, 16:00 local (22:00 UTC)
- Place
- Los Lunas, NM
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N761JPCessna T21OM
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 29, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820729033909A
- Case key
- 71488
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
During arrival, the pilot landed on a wet runway while in a light crosswind from the right. During the landing roll-out, the aircraft drifted off the left side of the runway. After departing the runway, the nose and left main gear hit a concrete gutter and collapsed.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N761JP
- Reported as
- Cessna T21OM
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 21062296
- Airframe hours
- 801
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-L, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Steven J. Gabaldon
- Registered owner
- Steven J. Gabaldon
- Departed
- FMN · Farmington, NM
- Destination
- Maple Plain, MN
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- E98 · Mid-Valley, runway 17, 4,400 × 0 ft, asphalt
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
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 1,973 total · 1,110 in this make and model · 1,793 as pilot in command · 45 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 270° at 3 knots
- Visibility
- 25 statute miles
- Temperature
- 176 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N761JP · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.