# NTSB LAX97LA081: Globe GC-1B, N3325K, Jean, NV, December 31, 1996 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report - Date: December 31, 1996, 11:30 local (19:30 UTC) - Place: Jean, NV - Coordinates: 35.750171, -115.530349 (estimated) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.7502&lon=-115.5303&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 2 uninjured - Status: Completed, report August 25, 1997 - Report: Approved by Office Director - NTSB case key (mKey): 29711 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX97LA081 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/29711/pdf - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX97LA081 ## Probable cause The failure of both pilots to maintain directional control of the aircraft, and the instructor's inadequate supervision of the flight. A factor in the accident was the limited conventional gear experience of both pilots. ## Sequence of events In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf). - Loss of control - on ground/water, takeoff - roll/run - directional control - not maintained, dual student (cause) - lack of total experience in kind of aircraft, dual student (contributing factor) - remedial action - inadequate, pilot in command(cfi) (cause) - lack of total experience in kind of aircraft, pilot in command(cfi) (contributing factor) - supervision - inadequate, pilot in command(cfi) (cause) - On ground/water collision with object, takeoff - roll/run - terrain condition - ditch - object - airport sign/marker ## Analysis The aircraft owner just purchased the aircraft and had no conventional gear experience. He retained the flight instructor to provide dual instruction in the aircraft. According to FAA inspectors, the flight instructor had very limited experience in conventional gear aircraft. FAA inspectors interviewed both pilots. According to the pilot's statements, during the takeoff ground roll, the owner/pilot lifted the tail early then lost directional control. The instructor attempted to regain control but was unsuccessful prior to the aircraft veering off the right side of the 4,600-foot-long runway, traveling about 300 feet, and colliding with a berm at the side of a perpendicular drainage culvert. The collision with the berm separated the right main landing gear. The aircraft then continued for some distance, collided with a sign, and spun to a stop in the dirt. ## Factual narrative On December 31, 1996, at 1130 Pacific standard time, a Globe GC-1B, N3325K, collided with a drainage culvert and a sign following a loss of directional control during the takeoff ground roll at the Jean, Nevada, airport. The aircraft was owned and operated by the pilot and was on a local area dual instructional flight. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time and no flight plan was filed. The aircraft was destroyed in the multiple obstacle collision sequence. Neither the private pilot nor the commercial pilot/flight instructor were injured. The flight originated at the Henderson, Nevada, airport on the day of the accident at 1100 and flew to the Jean airport for takeoff and landing practice. The aircraft owner just purchased the aircraft and had no conventional gear experience. He retained the flight instructor to provide dual instruction in the aircraft. According to FAA inspectors, the flight instructor had very limited experience in conventional gear aircraft. FAA inspectors interviewed both pilots. According to the verbal statements of both pilots, during the takeoff ground roll, the owner/pilot lifted the tail early then lost directional control. The aircraft veered off the right side of the 4,600-foot-long runway, traveled about 300 feet, and collided with a berm at the side of a perpendicular drainage culvert. The collision with the berm separated the right main landing gear. The aircraft then continued for some distance, collided with a sign, and spun to a stop in the dirt. In a written report submitted March 18, 1997, the instructor stated that the owner/pilot "yanked the yoke back and the aircraft jumped up about 6 feet." The aircraft then departed the right side of the runway as the instructor took the controls from the student. The aircraft stalled and fell back to the ground. He said there were no brakes at his seat position and he reduced the power to idle to slow the aircraft. Unable to see over the nose with the tail down, the aircraft collided with a drainage ditch. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N3325K](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3325K), registered now, S/N 1318, 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: [Continental C125 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c125-series) (registry code 17011, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: 1318 - Airframe hours: 1695 - Engines: Continental C-145 145 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Instructional, Part 91 - Registered owner: Samuel L. Andrews - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal - Last inspection: Annual, November 1, 1996, 15 hours before - Departed: L15, HENDERSON, NV - Airport: OL7, Jean, runway 2, 4,600 × 75 ft, asphalt ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 57; flight instructor, commercial; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: right; flight hours: 8,100 total, 3 in this make and model, 7,600 as pilot in command, 3 in the last 90 days, 3 in the last 30 days ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: 60° at 3 knots - Visibility: 20 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: none - Temperature: 57 °F, dew point 39 °F - Altimeter: 30.00 inHg ## FAA reports on this event (1) The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs). - [Accident 19961231040879A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19961231040879A), Dec 31, 1996: Univac GC1B, Jean, NV, Destroyed. Lost control after raising tail exited runway into berm and a ditch. New purchase. Check out. CFI low time in type. From the NTSB's public API. 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