- Date
- June 26, 1983, 10:30 local (15:30 UTC)
- Place
- Marion, TX
- Injuries
- 2 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N7BLGlobe GC-1B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830626026859A
- Case key
- 20944
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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 collided with fences during a forced landing after an engine fuel fire. The left exhaust pipe failed and the misdirected heat burned through a fuel line. The fuel ignited filling the cockpit with smoke. The engine quit due to fuel starvation and the plt was forced to land off the arpt.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7BL
- Reported as
- Globe GC-1B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 105
- Airframe hours
- 3,500
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-A1D, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Fire
- In-Flight
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Gary L. Mccann
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 15, 1982
- Destination
- HOU · Houston, TX
- Airport
- 54R · Zuehl, runway 17, 3,000 × 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
- 32
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Expired
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,300 total · 1,300 in this make and model · 1,200 as pilot in command · 18 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 2 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 90 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.