# NTSB LAX84LA310: Globe GC-1B, N80762, Death Valley, CA, April 29, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: April 29, 1984, 08:00 local (15:00 UTC)
- Place: Death Valley, CA
- Coordinates: 36.59988, -116.829734 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.5999&lon=-116.8297&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): 24276
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX84LA310
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/24276/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX84LA310

## Sequence of events

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

- Overrun, landing - roll
  - weather condition - tailwind (contributing factor)
  - wind information - not obtained, pilot in command (cause)
  - airport facilities,runway marking - inadequate (contributing factor)
  - wrong runway - not corrected, pilot in command (cause)
  - distance - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)
  - proper touchdown point - not attained, pilot in command (cause)
  - go-around - not performed, pilot in command (cause)
  - ground loop/swerve - not performed, pilot in command (cause)
- Nose over, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - soft (contributing factor)

## Analysis

ACCORDING TO THE PLT, THE APPROACH TO RWY 33 WAS IN A 'NO-WIND CONDITION UNTIL ABOUT 30-40 FT AGL WHEN A STRONG TAIL WIND CAME UP.' HE STATED THAT IT APPEARED THAT THERE WAS SUFFICIENT RWY REMAINING AND WHEN HE REALIZED IT WAS TOO LATE TO STOP OR GO AROUND HE ELECTED TO ROLL STRAIGHT AHEAD. THE ACFT ROLLED INTO SOFT SAND AND NOSED OVER.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N80762](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N80762), registered now, S/N 165, built 1946 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GLOBE GC-1B
- Registry model: [Globe GC-1B](https://openairdocs.org/model/globe-gc-1b) (registry code 9230104) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-320 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (registry code 41508, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 165
- Airframe hours: 2204
- Engines: LYCOMING O-320 150 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: George Divanian
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, September 30, 1983, 40 hours before
- Departed: L06, DEATH VALLEY, CA
- Airport: L06, Death Valley, runway 33, 3,040 × 70 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 61; commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 1, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 1,165 total, 1,040 as pilot in command, 18 in the last 90 days, 3 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 170° at 8 knots
- Visibility: 75 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 66 °F, dew point 19 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: LAS, 85 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 19840429018779A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840429018779A), Apr 29, 1984: Univac GC1B, Death Valley, CA, Substantial damage. Unable to go around or stop on a downwind landing. Rolled off the end into soft sand and nosed over.

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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