# NTSB FTW84LA037: Globe GC-1A, N90318, Houston, TX, October 29, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: October 29, 1983, 15:20 local (20:20 UTC)
- Place: Houston, TX
- Coordinates: 29.830318, -95.66082 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.8303&lon=-95.6608&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 21192
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW84LA037
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/21192/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW84LA037

## Sequence of events

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

- In flight collision with terrain/water, landing - flare/touchdown
  - go-around - performed, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - gear extension - not selected, pilot in command (cause)
  - diverted attention, pilot in command (cause)
  - wheels up landing - inadvertent, pilot in command (contributing factor)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N90318), registered now, S/N 332, built 1946 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: Globe GC-1A
- Registry model: [Globe GC-1A](https://openairdocs.org/model/globe-gc-1a) (registry code 9230102) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental IO-360 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-360-series) (registry code 17025, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 332
- Airframe hours: 2712
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 43; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19831029056049A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19831029056049A), Oct 29, 1983: Univac STCGC1, Houston, TX, Destroyed. Forgot to extend the landing gear. Landed gear up. Aircraft was destroyed by post incident fire.

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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