# Incident 20160924014719I: Globe GC-1B, Lonoke, AR, September 24, 2016

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 24, 2016, 09:30 local time
- Place: Lonoke, AR
- Airport: Country Air Estates
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.8144° N, 91.9948° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at COUNTRY AIR ESTATES (1AR9), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.8144&lon=-91.9948&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1117R, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1117R) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Globe GC-1B (registry code 9230104, https://openairdocs.org/model/globe-gc-1b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GLOBE GC-1B
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 5,300 total, 29 in this make and model, 42 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160924014719I

## Narrative

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

ON SEPTEMBER 24, 2016 AT 09:30 CENTRAL DAYLIGHT SAVINGS TIME, N1117R, A SWIFT GLOBE GC-1B, BELONGING TO AND BEING OPERATED BY THE PILOT IN COMMAND ON A LOCAL PLEASURE FLIGHT, WAS ON FINAL APPROACH TO COUNTRY AIR ESTATE, LONOKE, THE PILOT IN COMAND WHEN HE OBSERVED SMOKE COMING FROM BEHIND THE COMM/ NAV RADIO.  THE AIRCRAFT LANDED WITH THE LANDING GEAR RETRACTED ON THE GRASS RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT WAS BEING OPERATED UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF TITLE 14 CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS PART 91.  VISUAL FLIGHT RULES UNDER METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AND NO FLIGHT PLAN HAD BEEN FILED.  THERE WERE NO PERSONAL INJURIES TO THE ONE SOLE OCCUPANT ONBOARD THE AIRCRAFT. THE AIRPLANE SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE.

## Other reports on N1117R (1)

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

- [Incident 19920718034229I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920718034229I), Jul 18, 1992: Univac GC1B (N1117R), Richmond, VA, Minor damage. Used emergency gear extension. On landing right gear collapsed. Right gear stop bracket was broken.

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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