# Accident 19790514034729A: Univac GC1A, Arcadia, FL, May 14, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 14, 1979, 16:05 local time
- Place: Arcadia, FL
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 27.2212° N, 81.8584° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Arcadia, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.2212&lon=-81.8584&mi=10
- Aircraft: N80894, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N80894-1982-04-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Globe GC-1A (registry code 9230102, https://openairdocs.org/model/globe-gc-1a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: UNIVAC GC1A
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 850 total, 325 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA79FA083](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA79FA083) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790514034729A

## Narrative

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

WITNESSES OBSERVED ACFT TO BUZZ AREA, PULL UP IN STEEP TURN & STALL. IMPACTED GROUND NEAR VERTICAL ATTITUDE.

## 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 MIA79FA083](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA79FA083), May 14, 1979: Globe Swift GC1B (N80894), Arcadia, FL, destroyed, 1 fatal

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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