# NTSB ATL87FA160: Globe Globe GC-1A, N80532, Pleasant View, TN, June 8, 1987

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Field investigation · Final report
- Date: June 7, 1987, 19:54 local (Jun 8, 1987, 00:54 UTC)
- Place: Pleasant View, TN
- Coordinates: 36.369041, -87.039413 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.3690&lon=-87.0394&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Maneuvering](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/450) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal, 1 minor
- Status: Completed, report October 7, 1988
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 7298
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ATL87FA160
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/7298/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL87FA160

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of control - in flight, maneuvering
  - pull-up - excessive, pilot in command (cause)
  - airspeed - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - weather condition - tailwind
  - low pass - performed, pilot in command (cause)
- In flight collision with object, descent - uncontrolled
  - object - tree(s)
  - object - residence

## Analysis

UPON RETURNING FROM A SHORT LOCAL AREA FLIGHT THE AIRCRAFT WAS OBSERVED AS IT BUZZED THE OWNERS PRIVATE AIRSTRIP, WHERE THE PASSENGER WAVED TO HIS FAMILY. THE PLT PULLED UP SHARPLY AND MADE ANOTHER LOW PASS. THIS PULLUP WAS STRAIGHT AHEAD. THE CLIMB PEAKED THEN THE AIRCRAFT NOSED OVER AND DESCENDED UNTIL STRIKING A HOUSE ABOUT A MILE FROM THE AIRSTRIP. BOTH HOUSE AND AIRCRAFT WERE DESTROYED BY IMPACT AND FIRE. BOTH PASSES OVER THE AIRSTRIP WERE DOWNWIND.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N80532](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N80532-1989-12-06), registration cancelled 1989-12-06, S/N 35 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: Globe GLOBE GC-1A (GLOBE GC-1)
- Registry model: [Universal GLOBE GC-1A](https://openairdocs.org/model/universal-globe-gc-1a) (registry code 9230110) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 35
- Airframe hours: 1700
- Engines: CONTINENTAL C125 125 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Fire: On-Ground
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Byron D.Weakly
- Registered owner: Byron D Weakley
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Aerobatic

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 39; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 550 total, 40 in this make and model, 530 as pilot in command, 8 in the last 90 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 180° at 8 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 73 °F, dew point 64 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: BNA, 23 nm away

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19870607031879A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870607031879A), Jun 7, 1987: Univac GC1A, Pleasant View, TN, Destroyed, 1 fatal. During low pass made abrupt pullup. Stalled, hit trees and crashed into a house and burned. Passes were downwind.

## Other investigations on N80532 (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 MIA76FLD28](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA76FLD28), Nov 2, 1975: Globe GC-1B (N80532), Umatilla, FL, substantial damage

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.

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