- Date
- October 29, 1983, 15:20 local (20:20 UTC)
- Place
- Houston, TX
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N90318Globe GC-1A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19831029056049A
- Case key
- 21192
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Analysis
The plt was on a local flt from the weiser airpark arpt to the lakeside arpt. There was construction at the destination & the plt was unsure which rwy was in use. He made a go-around from his 1st apch. After UNICOM had clarified where the landing area was at, the plt landed, but forgot to extend the gear. A fire erupted during the wheels-up landing & the acft burned.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N90318
- Reported as
- Globe GC-1A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 332
- Airframe hours
- 2,712
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-360, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- James H. Turner
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 19, 1983 · 20 hours before
- Departed
- T17
- Airport
- T86 · Lakeside, runway 33, 4,200 × ft, concrete
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
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 160 total · 65 in this make and model · 110 as pilot in command · 20 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 50° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 75 °F
- Observed at
- DWH, 15 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.