# NTSB LAX70D0191: Globe GC-1A, N80720, Casa Grande, AZ, November 3, 1969

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: November 3, 1969
- Place: Casa Grande, AZ · CASA GRANDE, AZ
- Location: 32.8795° N, 111.7574° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Casa Grande, AZ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.8795&lon=-111.7574&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report May 22, 1970
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 153954
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX70D0191
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX70D0191

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-4369   69/11/3   CASA GRANDE,ARIZ    GLOBE GC-1A         CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 51, 2300
        TIME - 1630                    N80720              PX-  0  0  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, 1800 IN
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - THREE POINT
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          SUPERIOR,ARIZ               CASA GRANDE,ARIZ
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           STALL: SPIRAL                                            LANDING: TRAFFIC PATTERN-CIRCLING
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT
           PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED
        REMARKS- PLT DISTRACTED BY VISUAL GR CHECK.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N80720](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N80720-2014-11-19), registration cancelled 2014-11-19, S/N 123, built 1946 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GLOBE GC-1A
- Registry model: [Globe GC-1B](https://openairdocs.org/model/globe-gc-1b) (registry code 9230104) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental 0-300 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (registry code 17022, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Three Point

## Other investigations on N80720 (1)

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.

- [NTSB LAX99FA162](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX99FA162), Apr 25, 1999: Globe GC-1B (N80720), Trona, CA, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain an adequate terrain clearance altitude while performing intentional low altitude passes over a campground.

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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