- Date
- October 1, 1989, 13:31 local (18:31 UTC)
- Place
- Sulphur, LA
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N3718KGlobe GC-1B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 24, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19891001037289A
- Case key
- 23056
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Probable cause
The failure of the landing gear to completely retract which resulted in the inability to gain sufficient airspeed to perform the climbing maneuver.
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.
Loss of control - in flight
Gear retraction - not attainedCause
Airspeed - inadequateCause
Climb - not possibleCause
In flight collision with terrain/water
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3718K
- Reported as
- Globe GC-1B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 1411
- Airframe hours
- 2,400
- Engine
- Continental 145-2, 145 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Other work use · Part 91
- Operator
- William T. Bethea
- Registered owner
- Phoenix Aviation Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 25, 1989 · 15 hours before
- Departed
- L75
- Airport
- L75 · Southland Field
N3718KRegistration cancelled Nov 9, 2012 · Globe GC-1BAirframe modelGlobe GC-1BEngine modelContinental C125 series
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
- 45
- Certificates
- Airline transport, Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane, Helicopter
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 10,000 total · 300 in this make and model · 10,000 as pilot in command · 80 in the last 90 days · 30 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 10° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 90 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.