# Accident 20140705011909A: Globe GC-1B, Puyallup, WA, July 5, 2014

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 5, 2014, 15:00 local time
- Place: Puyallup, WA
- Airport: Pierce County - Thun Field
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 47.1039° N, 122.2872° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.1039&lon=-122.2872&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3773K, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3773K) (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: GLOBE GC-1B
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO-360 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,056 total, 774 in this make and model, 32 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR14LA284](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR14LA284) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140705011909A

## Narrative

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

PILOT EXPERIENCED AN ENGINE FAILURE ON THE DOWNWIND LEG OF THE LANDING.  PILOT ELECTED TO EXTEND DOWNWIND DUE TO AIRCRAFT TAKING THE RUNWAY FOR TAKEOFF.  PILOT LANDED SHORT OF RUNWAY, AIRCRAFT SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED.  DURING THE POST-ACCIDENT ENGINE TEAR DOWN INSPECTION, IT WAS NOTED SEVERELY DAMAGED NUMBER 5 PISTON , EXHAUST VALVE FAILURE.

## 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 WPR14LA284](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR14LA284), Jul 5, 2014: Globe GC 1B (N3773K), Puyallup, WA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The failure of the exhaust assembly in the No. 3 cylinder for reasons that could not be determined due to the damage incurred to the fractured parts. Also causal to the accident was maintenance…

## Other reports on N3773K (1)

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

- [Incident 19781223021149I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19781223021149I), Dec 23, 1978: Univac GC1B (N3773K), Honolulu, HI, Minor damage. Pilot unalbe to get the gear full up or full down due to flaps spot on piston o ring gear collapsed.

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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