# Accident 19810830052849A: Univac GC1B, Mount Vernon, OH, August 30, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 30, 1981, 19:00 local time
- Place: Mount Vernon, OH
- Airport: Wynkoop
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.3651° N, 82.4957° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WYNKOOP (6G4), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.3651&lon=-82.4957&mi=10
- Aircraft: N78243, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N78243-2013-02-27) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Globe GC-1B (registry code 9230104, https://openairdocs.org/model/globe-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
- Reported engine: CONT C125*
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,000 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI81FEK29](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI81FEK29) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810830052849A

## Narrative

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

PILOT HAD ELECTRICAL FIRE. COULD NOT LOWER GEAR BECAUSE IMPROPER PROCEDURE. CRASHED DURING ATTEMPT TO LAND GEAR UP.

## 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 CHI81FEK29](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI81FEK29), Aug 30, 1981: Globe GC-1 (N78243), Mt Vernon, OH, substantial damage

## Other reports on N78243 (1)

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

- [Incident 19780212006329I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780212006329I), Feb 12, 1978: Univac GC1B (N78243), Newark, OH, Minor damage. Student lost directional control during takeoff. Instructor pulled up to miss snowbank. Settled back in the snow

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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