# Accident 19801125071519A: Univac GC1B, West Tisbury, MA, November 25, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 25, 1980, 15:20 local time
- Place: West Tisbury, MA
- Airport: Martha'S Vineyard
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unknown/Not Reported
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.3934° N, 70.6139° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MARTHA'S VINEYARD (MVY), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.3934&lon=-70.6139&mi=10
- Aircraft: N80674, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N80674-1981-10-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Globe GC-1B (registry code 9230104, https://openairdocs.org/model/globe-gc-1b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: UNIVAC GC1B
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 573 total, 480 in this make and model, 8 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC81FA014](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC81FA014) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19801125071519A

## Narrative

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

NEAR VERTICAL IMPACT INTO WOODED AREA. CAUSE UNKNOWN. MAY HAVE BEEN SOME LOCAL RESTRICTIONS TO VISIBILITY.

## 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 NYC81FA014](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC81FA014), Nov 25, 1980: Globe GC-1B (N80674), West Tisbury, MA, 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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