- Date
- May 5, 1985, 16:38 local (23:38 UTC)
- Place
- Concord, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N500RGGlobe GC-1B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 24716
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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 - on ground/water
Weather condition - crosswindFactor
Compensation for wind conditions - improperCause
Directional control - not maintainedCause
Ground loop/swerve - uncontrolled
Analysis
While landing on rwy 19R with a wind from 250 deg at 14 KTS, the acft went off the right side of the rwy & was damaged. Personnel in the control tower said that plt appeared to lose control of the acft during the landing flare & the acft cartwheeled to the right.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N500RG
- Reported as
- Globe GC-1B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 2234
- Engine
- unknown UNK/NR, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Jerry E. Bygness
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- CCR
- Airport
- CCR · Buchanan Field, runway 19R, 4,712 × 150 ft, asphalt
N500RGRegistration cancelled Jun 7, 2013 · Globe GC-1BAirframe modelGlobe GC-1BEngine modelLycoming T0-360 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
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 2,500 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 250° at 14 knots
- Visibility
- 25 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- CCR