# Incident 20181111017179I: Globe GC-1B, Watertown, TN, November 11, 2018

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 11, 2018, 14:00 local time
- Place: Watertown, TN
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.1007° N, 86.1394° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Watertown, TN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.1007&lon=-86.1394&mi=10
- Aircraft: N78067, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N78067) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Globe GC-1B (registry code 9230104, https://openairdocs.org/model/globe-gc-1b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental C125 series (registry code 17011, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c125-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GLOBE GC-1B
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR C125 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot, unknown or foreign certificate
- Pilot flight hours: 15,000 total, 30 in this make and model, 210 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20181111017179I

## Narrative

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

DURING A TRANSITION FLIGHT FROM MINNEAPOLIS MINNASOTA TO FT. LAUDERDALE  FLORIDA THE PILOT STOPPED IN PORTLAND TN (1M5) FOR FUEL TAKING ON 23 GAL. . AFTER DEPARTING PORTLAND IN CRUISE FLIGHT 40 MILES FROM PORTLAND (1M5) AT 4500 FT. THE ENGINE DECREASED RPM 'S FROM 2300 RPM TO APPROXIMATELY 2000 RPM WITH A VIBRATION  STARTING, THE VIBRATION  BUILT UP RAPIDLY . AT THAT TIME THE PILOT STARTED TO DIVERT TO THE NEAREST AIRPORT. DURING THE TURN HE CHECKED THE MAGNETOS FOR PROPER OPERATION AND TO DETERMINE IF THEY WERE THE PROBLEM, THEY APPEARED TO BE OPERATING NORMAL.  CARBERATOR HEAT WAS APPLIED WITH NO EFFECT. RPM'S CONTINUED TO DECREASED TO 1800 RPM WITH STRONGER VIBRATION. THE PILOT DETERMINED THAT IT WAS NOT POSABLE TO MAKE IT TO EITHER THE  AIRPORT IN LEBANON (2M2) OR NASHVILLE (BNA). AT WHICH TIME HE  STARTED TO LOOK FOR A FIELD TO LAND IN . ON THE APPROACH TO LAND THE ENGINE QUIT HE MADE A SOFT FIELD  LANDING IN A FIELD WITH 375 FT. OF GRASS APPLIING BRAKES HARD TO AVOID HITTING TREES AND A DITCH THE AIRCRAFT NOSED OVER BENDING ONE BLADE ON THE LAST 5FT ON THE ROLE OUT.

## Other reports on N78067 (1)

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

- [Accident 20151211019059A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20151211019059A), Dec 11, 2015: Globe GC-1B (N78067), Lake Elmo, MN, Substantial damage. A Globe GC-1B aricraft, tail number N78067, was on initial takeoff from runway 04 at Lake Elmo (21D) MN. On departure, at approximently 150 feet, the aircraft…

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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