# Accident 19740828030309A: Univac GC1B, Chico, CA, August 28, 1974

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 28, 1974
- Place: Chico, CA
- Airport: Ranchaero Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Location: 39.7195° N, 121.8705° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at RANCHAERO (CL56), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.7195&lon=-121.8705&mi=10
- Aircraft: N80549, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N80549-1974-10-29) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Globe GC-1B (registry code 9230104, https://openairdocs.org/model/globe-gc-1b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: UNIVAC GC1B
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,907 total, 9 in this make and model, 12 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB OAK75FVG21](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK75FVG21) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740828030309A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

SETTLED INTO ORCHARD.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

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.

- [NTSB OAK75FVG21](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK75FVG21), Aug 28, 1974: Globe GC-1B (N80549), Chico, CA, destroyed

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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