# Incident 20170102000189I: Globe GC-1B, San Marcos, TX, January 2, 2017

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 2, 2017, 12:48 local time
- Place: San Marcos, TX
- Airport: San Marcos
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.8927° N, 97.8630° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SAN MARCOS RGNL (HYI), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.8927&lon=-97.8630&mi=10
- Aircraft: N90373, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N90373) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Globe GC-1B (registry code 9230104, https://openairdocs.org/model/globe-gc-1b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental C145 series (registry code 17012, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c145-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GLOBE GC-1B
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR C145 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 16,933 total, 4 in this make and model, 153 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170102000189I

## Narrative

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

PILOT IN LEFT SEAT PERFORMED FIVE TOUCH AND GO LANDINGS AT SAN MARCOS AIRPORT (KHYI), SAN MARCOS, TX. PILOT IN LEFT SEAT MISMANAGED CONTROLS AND AIRCRAFT SWERVED RIGHT AND ATTEMPTED TO CORRECT WITH LEFT RUDDER AND BRAKE.  INSTRUCTIONAL PILOT TOOK CONTROL OF AIRCRAFT AND APPLIED RIGHT RUDDER AND AFT STICK FOR HARD BRAKING.  AFTER TAIL WHEEL TOUCHED DOWN, THE SWERVE CONTINUED AND RESULTED IN GROUND LOOP TO THE RIGHT.  AIRCRAFT DEPARTED RUNWAY SURFACE AND DAMAGED LEFT AND RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR, AND DAMAGE TO PROPELLER.  NO INJURY TO PILOTS AND NO POST CRASH FIRE.

## Other reports on N90373 (1)

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

- [Incident 19860525025709I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860525025709I), May 25, 1986: Univac GC1B (N90373), Dalton, GA, Minor damage. Unable to extend gear fully for landing. Found broken wire to master and a broken cable in the manual gear system.

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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