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FTW82DA243

1982-06-21 · GRANTS, New Mexico, United States · None · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Airport GNT

Aircraft involved

Factual narrative

THE PILOT STATED THAT HE WAS VERY TIRED AND FELL ASLEEP WHILE DESCENDING TO 7500 FT MSL IN THE VICINITY OF GRANTS, NM. REPORTEDLY, THE NEXT THING HE REMEMBERED WAS THE AIRCRAFT CONTACTING THE GROUND, BOUNCING, AND THEN COMING TO A STOP. AN EXAMINATION OF THE ACCIDENT SITE REVEALED THAT FROM THE POINT OF INITIAL CONTACT WITH THE GROUND, THE AIRCRAFT TRAVELED ABOUT 462 FT BEFORE THE RIGHT GEAR SHEARED OFF. THE GEAR SEPARATED WHEN IT CONTACTED A GOPHER HOLE. AFTER THE GEAR SEPARATED, THE AIRCRAFT TRAVELED AN ADDITIONAL 138 FT. THE FLAPS WERE FOUND IN THE 10 DEGREE DOWN POSITION. THE ELEVATION OF THE CRASH SITE WAS ABOUT 6720 FT. THERE WAS NO DAMAGE TO THE PROPELLER OR NOSE GEAR. Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database (Pre-2008 Archive) Retrieved: 2026-02-12

Verbatim from NTSB's published report. Source file NTSB_1982_FTW82DA243.txt. Findings + structured fields enriched from FAA avall.mdb. Full investigation docket on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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