# Incident 19940122006439I: Univac GC1B, El Monte, CA, January 22, 1994

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 22, 1994, 14:50 local time
- Place: El Monte, CA
- Airport: El Monte Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.0746° N, 118.0291° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of El Monte, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.0746&lon=-118.0291&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3243K, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3243K) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Globe GC-1B (registry code 9230104, https://openairdocs.org/model/globe-gc-1b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: UNIVAC GC1B
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 950 total, 800 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940122006439I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: N2543K, GCI, REPORTED TO EMT ATCT PROBLEMS WITH LANDING GEAR, RIGHT MAIN GEAR WOULD NOT EXTEND. PILOT THEN ATTEMPTED TO LOWER GEAR MANUALLY. HE THEN STATED HE WAS UNABLE TO EITHER RAISE THE LEFT GEAR OR LOWER THE RIGHT GEAR. PILOT LANDED AIRCRAFT ON ONE GEAR, AIRCRAFT GROUND LOOPED AND STOPPED OFF THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE TO THE NOSE COWL. RIGHT WING TIP AND PROPELLER. PILOT STATED HE OVER INFLATED MAIN TIRE CAUSING THE GEAR PROBLEM. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ THIS INCIDENT IS CLOSED.

## Other reports on N3243K (1)

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

- [Incident 19800422049929I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800422049929I), Apr 22, 1980: Univac GC1B (N3243K), Gallup, NM, Minor damage. After takeoff and gear retraction, the aircraft settled back on the runway.

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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