# Incident 19780529041089I: Univac GC1/, North Las Vegas, NV, May 29, 1978

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 29, 1978, 16:40 local time
- Place: North Las Vegas, NV
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.1989° N, 115.1175° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of North Las Vegas, NV, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.1989&lon=-115.1175&mi=10
- Aircraft: N78131, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N78131) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Globe GC-1B (registry code 9230104, https://openairdocs.org/model/globe-gc-1b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: UNIVAC GC1/
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,100 total, 2,000 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780529041089I

## Narrative

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

PILOT STATED HIS SHOE CAUGHT UNDER RUDDER PEDAL AND HE BRAKED TO HEAVILY. NOSED OVER.

## Other reports on N78131 (2)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19880417043889I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880417043889I), Apr 17, 1988: Univac STCGC1 (N78131), Las Vegas, NV. Engine quit. Forced landing on a road. Found a shorted wire to the engine distributor caused an electrical failure.
- [Incident 19860323013759I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860323013759I), Mar 23, 1986: Univac GC1B (N78131), North Las Vegas, NV, Minor damage. Veered off side of runway and nosed over after tire deflated. Valve stem separated due to age on rollout.

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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