# Accident 20180603015219A: Globe GC-1B, St Petersburg, FL, June 3, 2018

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 3, 2018, 10:00 local time
- Place: St Petersburg, FL
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 27.7709° N, 82.6793° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of St. Petersburg, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.7709&lon=-82.6793&mi=10
- Aircraft: N96DS (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: GLOBE GC-1B
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR C125 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 8,000 total, 178 in this make and model, 26 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180603015219A

## Narrative

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

PILOT REPORTED AFTER TAKEOFF HE WENT TO PUT THE GEAR UP AND IMMEDIATELY HAD AN ENTIRE ELECTRICAL FAILURE. HE USE CELL PHONE TO CALL THE SPG TOWER TO TELL THEM WHAT IT HAPPENED AND REQUESTED TO FLY BY THE TOWER TO AFFIRM HIS GEAR WAS DOWN AFTER PERFORMING EMERGENCY GEAR EXTENSION PROCEDURE. TOWER ADVISED GEAR APPEARED TO BE DOWN.

PILOT LINED UP FOR A FINAL AND HAD NO HYDRAULIC POWER TO EXTEND THE FLAPS AND AS HE MADE THE LANDING THE LEFT MAIN GEAR COLLAPSED RIGHT MAIN GEAR REMAINED UPRIGHT. CAME TO A STOP AND EXITED AIRCRAFT.

THERE WERE 2 SOULS ON BOARD AND NO INJURIES.

UPON INSPECTION IT WAS FOUND THAT THE POWER WIRE TO THE MASTER SWITCH HAD SLIPPED OFF THE SPADE TERMINAL AND WAS NOT MAKING A SOLID CONTACT. IT APPEARS THE WIRE MADE ENOUGH CONTACT TO START THE ENGINE BUT UPON TAKEOFF AND THE GEAR SELECTOR PUT IN THE UP POSITION THE WIRE QUIT MAKING CONTACT.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

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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