# Accident 20180327014649A: Globe GC-1B, Fullerton, CA, March 27, 2018

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 27, 2018, 13:45 local time
- Place: Fullerton, CA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Departure Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.8719° N, 117.9797° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.8719&lon=-117.9797&mi=10
- Aircraft: N78244, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N78244) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Globe GC-1B (registry code 9230104, https://openairdocs.org/model/globe-gc-1b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-300 series (registry code 17022, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GLOBE GC-1B
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR 0-300 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 17,500 total, 197 in this make and model, 4 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA18CA183](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA18CA183) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180327014649A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT TYPE GLOBE GC-1B (SWIFT).   WHILE DEPARTING FULLERTON RUNWAY 24, PILOT MADE INCORRECT FLIGHT CONTROL INPUTS ONCE FULL POWER WAS APPLIED IN HIS TAILWHEEL AIRPLANE CAUSING AIRPLANE TO VEER OFF LEFT SIDE OF RUNWAY INTO THE GRASS AND IMPACT ONE ELEMENT OF THE RUNWAY 24 PAPI.  AIRCRAFT CAME TO A REST IN THE GRASS AREA TO THE LEFT SIDE OF RUNWAY 24.   RUNWAY CONDITION WAS DRY AND VFR CONIDTIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. WINDS WERE 220 AT 6 KNOTS. WEATHER WAS NOT A CONTRIBUTING FACTOR.

NTSB CLASSIFIED DAMAGE AS SUBSTANTIAL.

DAMAGE INCLUDED PROPELLER, RIGHT WING GASHES INBOARD AND OUTBOARD OF WHEEL STRUT AND DAMAMGE TO THE RIGHT WHEEL AND STRUT.

## 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 GAA18CA183](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA18CA183), Mar 27, 2018: Globe GC 1B (N78244), Fullerton, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain directional control during the takeoff roll resulting impact with PAPI lighting.

## Other reports on N78244 (1)

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

- [Incident 20110429008889I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110429008889I), Apr 29, 2011: Globe GC-1B (N78244), Fullerton, CA, Minor damage. On 04/29/2011, 1622 PDT, during departure roll on RWY24, pilot lost directional control and went off of the south side of the runway. Forward momentum of…

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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