- Date
- May 13, 1984, 11:30 local (15:30 UTC)
- Place
- Columbus, OH
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N78204Globe GC-1B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840513019359A
- Case key
- 12613
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The acft right main gear failed during takeoff roll when it passed over an arresting cable. It was reported that the tailwheel was damaged on a previous landing at rickenbacker afb when it passed over an arresting cable and had since been replaced. Examination of the broken landing gear showed no evidence of fatigue failure.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N78204
- Reported as
- Globe GC-1B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 2204
- Airframe hours
- 1,413
- Engine
- Continental O-300-A, 145 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Lowell V. Newsome
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 21, 1983 · 42 hours before
- Airport
- LCK · Rickenbacker Afb, runway 23, 12,100 × ft, asphalt
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 43
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Unknown
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,001 total · 203 in this make and model · 40 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 3 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 54 °F, dew point 43 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- LCK
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.