# Incident 19810104013609I: Univac GC1B, Santa Ana, CA, January 4, 1981

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 4, 1981, 17:54 local time
- Place: Santa Ana, CA
- Airport: John Wayne
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.7368° N, 117.8829° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Santa Ana, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.7368&lon=-117.8829&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3842K, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3842K) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Temco GC-1B (registry code 9230108, https://openairdocs.org/model/temco-gc-1b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental C125 series (registry code 17011, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c125-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: UNIVAC GC1B
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 650 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/19810104013609I

## Narrative

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

LEFT GEAR COLLAPSED AT TOUCHDOWN AND AIRCRAFT GROUND LOOPED. RIVETS HAD SHEARED ON PULLY ARM, KEPT GEAR FROM LOCKNG

## Other reports on N3842K (1)

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

- [Incident 20101219054299I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20101219054299I), Dec 19, 2010: Temco GC-1B (N3842K), Snohomish, WA, Minor damage. Menzimer had checked the weather before departing for a short flight that would depart and land at Harvey Field in Snohomish, Washington. Just after touching…

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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