# Incident 20160612006929I: Globe GC-1B, Petersburg, WV, June 12, 2016

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 12, 2016, 12:30 local time
- Place: Petersburg, WV
- Airport: Grant County
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.9949° N, 79.1459° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GRANT COUNTY (W99), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.9949&lon=-79.1459&mi=10
- Aircraft: N80665, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N80665) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Globe GC-1B (registry code 9230104, https://openairdocs.org/model/globe-gc-1b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-360 series (registry code 17025, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GLOBE GC-1B
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO-360 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 4,000 total, 2,000 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160612006929I

## Narrative

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

ON JUNE 12 2016, ^MR. LUDLOW KING^ WAS FLYING HIS AIRCRAFT, A GCI GLOBE SWIFT, N80665, FROM KMMI TO KFDK. DURING THE FLIGHT HE DECIDED TO MAKE AN INTERMEDIATE STOP AT GRANT COUNTY AIRPORT (W99) IN PETERSBURG WV. IN THE PROCESS OF LANDING, HE FORGOT TO LOWER THE LANDING GEAR AND LANDED ON RUNWAY 13 IN A GEAR-UP CONFIGURATION. THE ENGINE'S PROPELLER STRUCK THE RUNWAY AT A HIGH  RATE OF POWER IN THREE DISTINCT AREAS, AND THE AIRCRAFT EXITED RUNWAY 13 ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE. IN SO DOING, ONE RUNWAY LIGHT WAS DESTROYED BEFORE THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO A STOP.

## Other reports on N80665 (2)

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

- [Incident 19830529033649I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830529033649I), May 29, 1983: Univac GC1B (N80665), Frederick, MD, Minor damage. Final ridge obscured by clouds per forecast. Tried to go back but became boxed in. Landed in a soft field.
- [Incident 19810414034309I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810414034309I), Apr 14, 1981: Univac GC1B (N80665), Florence, SC, Minor damage. Severe vibration in cruise. Emergency landing. Blade failure in hub.

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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