# NTSB CHI84LA191: Globe GC-1B, N78204, Columbus, OH, May 13, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: May 13, 1984, 11:30 local (15:30 UTC)
- Place: Columbus, OH
- Location: 39.8138° N, 82.9278° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at RICKENBACKER INTL (LCK), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.8138&lon=-82.9278&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 12613
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI84LA191
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/12613/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI84LA191

## Sequence of events

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

- On ground/water collision with object, takeoff - roll/run
  - object - airport facility (contributing factor)
  - preflight planning/preparation - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - judgment - poor, pilot in command (cause)
- Main gear collapsed, takeoff - roll/run
  - landing gear,main gear attachment - overload (contributing factor)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N78204), registered now, S/N 2204, built 1946 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GLOBE GC-1B
- Registry model: [Globe GC-1B](https://openairdocs.org/model/globe-gc-1b) (registry code 9230104) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental C125 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c125-series) (registry code 17011, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 2204
- Airframe hours: 1413
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 43; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19840513019359A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840513019359A), May 13, 1984: Univac GC1B, Columbus, OH, Substantial damage. Landing gear collapsed when gear struck anarresting cable on the takeoff roll.

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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