# NTSB CEN22LA231: Globe GC1B, El Paso, TX, June 4, 2022

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report
- Date: June 4, 2022, 13:00 local (19:00 UTC)
- Place: El Paso, TX
- Coordinates: 31.795325, -106.48187 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.7953&lon=-106.4819&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Takeoff: Loss of control on ground](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230)
- Highest injury: Serious injuries
- Injuries: 1 serious
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- Investigation class: Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
- NTSB office: Central Region
- Parties: FAA
- NTSB case key (mKey): 105195
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CEN22LA231
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/105195/pdf
- NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=105195
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN22LA231

## Probable cause

The pilot’s failure to maintain directional control of the airplane during take off.

## Findings

NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause.

- [Use of equip/info: aircraft control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040): Personnel issues › Task performance · Pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [All aircraft, 9,295 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md)
- [Performance/control parameters: directional control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062020): Aircraft › Aircraft oper/perf/capability · Not attained/maintained (probable cause); cases with it: [All aircraft, 3,958 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062020/cases.md)

## Sequence of events

The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened.

- [Takeoff: Loss of control on ground](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 4,585 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230/sequence.md)

## Analysis

The pilot reported he intended to depart the residential street to ferry the airplane to an airport. While taking off headed east, he felt a “gust of wind” and was “unable to correct.” The airplane sustained substantial damage to both wings when it impacted a brick wall. The pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical malfunctions or failures that would have precluded normal operation.

## Aircraft

- Registration: CF-DYB (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: Globe GC1B
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 1025
- Year built: 1946
- Airframe hours: 1500
- Engines: Continental 145-D-2-2 145 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, March 1, 2022
- Departed: ELP, El Paso, TX
- Destination: ELP, El Paso, TX
- Airport: ELP, El Paso
- Equipment: ADS-B

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 83; injuries: serious; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, with waivers/limitations; last flight review May 1, 1962; seat: left; restraint: 3-point; flight hours: 900 total, 800 in this make and model, 900 as pilot in command, 0 in the last 90 days, 0 in the last 30 days, 0 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 270° at 14 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Temperature: 88 °F, dew point 48 °F
- Altimeter: 29.97 inHg
- Observed at: KELP, 5 nm away
- METAR: KELP 141551Z 27014KT 10SM FEW180 SCT250 31/09 A2997 RMK AO2 SLP061 T03060094 $

## Docket (2 files)

The files NTSB released with the investigation on July 27, 2022, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=105195. 3.0 MB in all.

- Pilot/operator aircraft accident report, NTSB form 6120.1 (item 1, PDF, 10 pages, 629 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=14109135&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=Pilot%206120_Redacted-Rel.pdf
- Photos (item 2, PDF, 3 pages, 2.4 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=14112048&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=Photo%20Array-Rel.pdf

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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