# NTSB DEN86LA014: Globe GC-1B, N90333, Albuquerque, NM, October 25, 1985

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: October 25, 1985, 08:35 local (14:35 UTC)
- Place: Albuquerque, NM
- Location: 35.0389° N, 106.6083° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ALBUQUERQUE INTL SUNPORT (ABQ), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.0389&lon=-106.6083&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal, 1 minor
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 16877
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DEN86LA014
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/16877/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN86LA014

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - in flight, cruise - normal
  - incapacitation(cardiovascular), pilot in command (cause)
  - remedial action - attempted, passenger (contributing factor)
  - incapacitation(loss of consciousness), pilot in command (cause)
  - radio communications - initiated, passenger (contributing factor)
  - proper assistance - attempted, pilot of other aircraft (contributing factor)
  - radio communications - performed, pilot of other aircraft (contributing factor)
- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - flare - inaccurate, passenger (cause)
  - lack of total experience, other person (cause)
  - landing gear,main gear - failure,total (contributing factor)
  - landing gear,main gear - overload (contributing factor)

## Analysis

THE WIFE OF THE PLT RADIOED HER HUSBAND HAD BECOME INCAPACITATED. TWO FLT INSTRUCTORS DEPARTED IN ANOTHER ACFT TO ASSIST THE NON-RATED WIFE, AFTER BEING CONTACTED BY ALBUQUERQUE APCH CONTROL. THE FLT INSTRUCTORS WERE ABLE TO ASSIST THE NON-RATED WIFE THROUGH RADIO TRANSMISSIONS UNTIL SHE LANDED THE ACFT. EVEN THOUGH THE ACFT RECEIVED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE DURING THE LANDING, THE WIFE WAS NOT INJURED. HER HUSBAND HAD DIED AS A RESULT OF A HEART ATTACK IN FLT. THE PLT WAS OCCUPYING THE LEFT SEAT WHEN HE BECAME UNCONSCIOUS.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N90333](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N90333), registered now, S/N 347, 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: 347
- Airframe hours: 1568
- Engines: LYCOMING IO-360-A1A 200 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Charles Emmett Eves
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, October 1, 1985, 6 hours before
- Departed: ALM, ALAMOGORDO, NM
- Flight plan: VFR
- Airport: ABQ, Albuguerque Internat'L, runway 8, 13,375 × 300 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 63; commercial, flight instructor; airplane ratings: single-engine land, single-engine sea; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, invalid medical for flight; seat: left; toxicology performed; flight hours: 715 total, 86 in this make and model, 12 in the last 90 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 340° at 6 knots
- Visibility: 69 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 54 °F, dew point 43 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: ABQ

## 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 19851025054279A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19851025054279A), Oct 25, 1985: Univac GC1B, Albuquerque, NM, Substantial damage. Pilot suffered a heart attack in flight. Aircraft veered off side of runway after landing made by pilots wife.

## Other investigations on N90333 (2)

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 MIA75DKT81](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA75DKT81), May 15, 1975: Globe GC-1A (N90333), Pahokee, FL, substantial damage
- [NTSB MIA71FLA13](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA71FLA13), Sep 10, 1970: Globe GC-1B (N90333), Tallahassee, 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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