# Incident 19790424024909I: Univac GC1/, Waco, TX, April 24, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 24, 1979, 12:35 local time
- Place: Waco, TX
- Airport: Madison Cooper
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 31.5493° N, 97.1467° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Waco, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.5493&lon=-97.1467&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3253K, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3253K) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Globe GC-1B (registry code 9230104, https://openairdocs.org/model/globe-gc-1b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-360 series (registry code 17025, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: UNIVAC GC1/
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 800 total, 300 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/19790424024909I

## Narrative

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

PILOT LIFTED THE GEAR SELECTOR HANDLE INSTEAD OF THE FLAP SELECTOR AFTER TOUCHDOWN.

## Other reports on N3253K (2)

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

- [Incident 20221204020589I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20221204020589I), Dec 4, 2022: Globe GC-1B (N3253K), Tampa, FL, Minor damage. [privacy data omitted] Landed at tpf (Peter o'Knight) on runway 04. Aircraft turned onto taxiway fox to alpha. On taxiway alpha right main landing gear…
- [Incident 20081127852729I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20081127852729I), Nov 27, 2008: Swftms GC1B (N3253K), Phoenix, AZ, Minor damage. Aircraft landed at Deer valley airport (dvt) on runway 7L, taxied to end of runway and right main gear collapsed as pilot attempted to exit left at A11.

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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