# NTSB LAX00LA249: Globe GC-1B, N80710, Pacoima, CA, July 1, 2000

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: July 1, 2000, 14:30 local (21:30 UTC)
- Place: Pacoima, CA
- Coordinates: 34.249496, -118.410453 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.2495&lon=-118.4105&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report October 17, 2001
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 49586
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX00LA249
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/49586/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX00LA249

## Probable cause

the pilot's failure to recover from a bounced landing.

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - flare/touchdown
  - recovery from bounced landing - not attained, pilot in command (cause)
- On ground/water collision with object, landing
  - object - fence
  - object - tree(s)

## Analysis

The approach to landing was normal but the airplane bounced when a wheel landing was attempted.  The pilot applied power to soften the next touchdown, but the airplane bounced again and drifted over the median between the runway and the taxiway.  He attempted to go around by adding full power but the airplane continued to drift left.  He decided his airspeed was too low to go around.  Once he cleared a row of parked airplanes, he attempted to land on a taxiway.  The left wing contacted a chain link fence and trees spinning the airplane into the trees.

## Factual narrative

On July 1, 2000, about 1430 hours Pacific daylight time, a Globe Swift GC-1B, N80710, sustained substantial damage when it veered off the runway and collided with a fence during landing at Whiteman Field, Pacoima, California.  The private pilot/owner was operating the airplane under the provisions of 14 CFR Part 91.  The pilot and one passenger were not injured.  The personal flight departed Whiteman Field about 1300.  Visual meteorological conditions prevailed and no flight plan was filed.

The pilot stated the approach to landing was normal but the airplane bounced when he attempted a wheel landing.  He applied some power to soften the next touchdown, but the airplane bounced again and drifted over the median between the runway and the taxiway.  He attempted to go around by adding full power but the airplane continued to drift left.  He said his airspeed was too low to go around.  Once he cleared a row of parked airplanes, he attempted to land on a taxiway.  The left wing contacted a chain link fence and trees spinning the airplane into the trees.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N80710](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N80710), registered now, S/N 113 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: Globe GC-1B
- Registry model: [Globe GC-1B](https://openairdocs.org/model/globe-gc-1b) (registry code 9230104) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 113
- Airframe hours: 2163
- Engines: Continental C-145 145 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Barrett Bingaman
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, August 1, 1999, 44 hours before
- Departed: WHP
- Airport: WHP, Whiteman Airpark, runway 12, 4,120 × 75 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 63; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 175 total, 69 in this make and model, 41 as pilot in command, 17 in the last 90 days, 5 in the last 30 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 190° at 8 knots
- Visibility: 9 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 174 °F, dew point 142 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: BUR, 9 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 20000701008849A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000701008849A), Jul 1, 2000: Swftms GC1B, Los Angeles, CA, Substantial damage. (-23)The pilot experienced a bounce on landing. He attempted to correct for the bounce and made the situation worse. He then decided to reject the landing.…

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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