# NTSB MIA06LA049: Globe GC-1B, N3292K, West Palm Beach, FL, January 26, 2006 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report - Date: January 26, 2006, 12:00 local (17:00 UTC) - Place: West Palm Beach, FL - Coordinates: 26.845277, -80.221389 - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.8453&lon=-80.2214&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 1 uninjured - Status: Completed, report January 31, 2008 - Report: Approved by Office Director - Parties: Federal Aviation Administration - NTSB case key (mKey): 63184 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA06LA049 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/63184/pdf - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA06LA049 ## Probable cause A loss of engine power during descent due to an undetermined reason, which resulted in an off-airport forced landing and collision with a culvert. ## Sequence of events In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf). - Loss of engine power, descent - normal - reason for occurrence undetermined - Forced landing, emergency descent/landing - On ground/water collision with object, emergency landing - object - other - terrain condition - ground ## Analysis The solo private pilot was preparing to land following a personal flight. The pilot said that as the airplane descended to about 1,000 feet msl, all engine power was lost. The pilot performed engine emergency procedures, but was unable to restore engine power, and he selected a grass-covered field as a forced landing site. During the forced landing, the left main gear wheel struck a culvert, and the left main landing gear collapsed. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the left wing and fuselage. The airplane's maximum fuel capacity is about 55.6 gallons, with 52 gallons of usable fuel. The unusable fuel is about 3.6 gallons, or 1.8 gallons per side. The fuel tanks were not breached during the accident. Salvage crews reported draining about 5 gallons of fuel from the accident airplane prior to recovery. ## Factual narrative On January 26, 2006, about 1200 eastern standard time, a Globe GC-1B airplane, N3292K, sustained substantial damage during a forced landing, about 3 miles west of the North Palm Beach County General Aviation Airport, West Palm Beach, Florida. The airplane was being operated as a visual flight rules (VFR) personal flight under Title 14, CFR Part 91, when the accident occurred. The solo private pilot was not injured. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed, and no flight plan was filed. The flight originated about 1100, from the North Palm Beach County General Aviation Airport. During a telephone conversation with the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) investigator-in-charge (IIC) on February 2, the pilot reported that during the initial descent to the North Palm Beach County General Aviation Airport, as the airplane descended to about 1,000 msl, all engine power was lost. The pilot said that after performing engine emergency procedures, he was unable to restore engine power, and he selected a grass-covered field as a forced landing site. During the forced landing, the left main gear wheel struck a culvert, and the left main landing gear collapsed. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the left wing and fuselage. The airplane was equipped with a Lycoming O-360-A1A engine. The airplane's maximum fuel capacity is reported to be 55.6 gallons, with 52 gallons of usable fuel. The unusable fuel is about 3.6 gallons, or 1.8 gallons per side. The fuel tanks were not breached during the accident. Salvage crews reported to the NTSB IIC that about 5 gallons of fuel was drained from the accident airplane before it was moved from the accident site. The airplane's carburetor float bowl was damaged during the impact, and contained no fuel. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N3292K](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3292K-2012-05-01), registration cancelled 2012-05-01, S/N 1285, 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 O&VO-360 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (registry code 41514, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: 1285 - Airframe hours: 2880.6 - Engines: Lycoming O-360-A1A 180 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Personal, Part 91 - Registered owner: Richard E. McKinnon - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal - Last inspection: Annual, May 1, 2005 - Departed: F45, West Palm Beach, FL - Destination: F45, West Palm Beach, FL - Airport: F45, North Palm Beach General Aviat, runway 13, 4,303 × 75 ft ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 73; injuries: none; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 3, with waivers/limitations; last flight review August 1, 2005; seat: left; flight hours: 5,244 total, 514 in this make and model ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: 50° at 11 knots - Visibility: 10 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: none - Temperature: 72 °F, dew point 50 °F - Altimeter: 30.27 inHg - Observed at: PBI, 12 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 20060126003659A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060126003659A), Jan 26, 2006: Swftms GC1B, West Palm Beach, FL, Substantial damage. (-23) Pilot accomplished a forced landing due to the loss of engine power in north county airport, West Palm Beach, Florida. The pilot reported no injuries and… From the NTSB's public API. 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