# Accident 20240704021999A: Globe GC-1B, Sherman, TX, July 4, 2024

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 4, 2024, 19:15 local time
- Place: Sherman, TX
- Airport: Finnlly Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Departure Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.0000° N, 96.0000° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.0000&lon=-96.0000&mi=10
- Aircraft: N80740, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N80740) (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: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 17,842 total, 78 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN24LA256](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN24LA256) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240704021999A

## Narrative

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

T47 AKA FINNEY FIELD, IS A PRIVATE AIRSTRIP OUTSIDE SHERMAN, TX. PROPERTY LINE LAYS NEXT TO HWY 82, WHICH HAS A SLIGHTLY HIGHER ELEVATION THAN THE GRASS RUNWAY 36 WHEN DEPARTING TO THE SOUTH. THIS AREA ALSO HAS FIVE HANGARS LOCATED ON THE RIGHT SIDE.

THERE IS A DIRT ROAD THAT LEADS TO THE HANGARS FROM THE HIGHWAY ENTRANCE WHICH IS APPROXIMATELY 12 FEET WIDE. CENTERLINE OF THE RUNWAY FROM THE EDGE OF THE HANGAR HARD TOP IS APPROXIMATELY 61 FEET, WHICH INCLUDES THE DIRT ROAD OF 12 FEET, WITH THE RUNWAY ITSELF BEING APPROXIMATELY 33 FEET WIDE.

ON THIS FOURTH OF JULY 2024, MULTIPLE FAMILIES WERE GATHERED AROUND THE HANGARS GRILLING AND WATCHING FIREWORKS. THE PILOT HAS COMPLETED MULTIPLE TAKE OFFS AND LANDINGS THAT DAY. ON THIS PARTICULAR TAKE OFF, THE AIRCRAFT HAD PAST MID FIELD POINT AND WAS STILL ACCELERATING FOR TAKEOFF.  ONE OF THE HANGARS TENANTS STARTED TO MOVE THEIR AIRCRAFT TO THE HANGAR HARD TOP.

PILOT SAW AN AIRCRAFT BEING MOVED BY HAND BY THE HANGARS AND AS A PRECAUTION DRIFTED MORE TO THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY 36, WHERE THERE IS MORE GRASS. THIS UNCALCULATED MANEUVER CAUSED THE AIRCRAFT TO SLOW DOWN, WHICH IN TURN CAUSED TAKE OFF SPEED NOT TO BE ACHIEVED AT THE END OF THE RUNWAY. INSTEAD OF ABORTING TAKEOFF, BECAUSE HE HAD PAST MID FIELD, THE PILOT ELECTED TO CONTINUE THINKING THAT HE MIGHT CAN MAKE UP LOST SPEED. THEN AT THE END OF THE RUNWAY 36 HE WAS FACED WITH TWO CHOICES. ONE, TO HIT THE FENCE HEAD ON WHILE ON THE GROUND OR TWO, PULL PITCH AND GET AIR BORN AND TRY TO AVOID THE FENCE. WITH NOT ENOUGH AIR SPEED TO COMPLETE A PROPER TAKEOFF, THE LANDING GEAR STRUCK THE FENCE WHICH IN TURN CAUSED THE NOSE OF THE AIRCRAFT TO PITCH DOWN AND STRIKE THE ROAD HWY 82. AIRCRAFT SLID ON THE ROAD TO THE OTHER SIDE COMING TO AN ABRUPT STOP IN THE DITCH.

## 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 CEN24LA256](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN24LA256), Jul 5, 2024: Globe GC-1B (N80740), Lone Oak, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot having to take evasive action during the takeoff run to avoid another airplane being pushed onto the runway in front of him, which resulted in the airplane overrunning the runway and…

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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