# NTSB NYC85LA035: Globe GC-1B, N3709K, Millbrook, NY, November 27, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: November 27, 1984, 17:00 local (22:00 UTC)
- Place: Millbrook, NY
- Coordinates: 41.780033, -73.690742 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.7800&lon=-73.6907&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Taxi](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/250) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 35655
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC85LA035
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/35655/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC85LA035

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - on ground/water, taxi - from landing
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - weather condition - gusts (contributing factor)
  - remedial action - excessive, pilot in command (cause)
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, taxi
  - terrain condition - downhill (contributing factor)
  - terrain condition - rough/uneven (contributing factor)

## Analysis

PLT STATED THAT WHILE TAXIING OFF THE RUNWAY ONTO THE TAXIWAY, A GUST OF WIND CAUSED THE ACFT TO DRIFT LEFT. PLT STATED HE OVER CORRECTED WITH RUDDER AND POWER; ACFT SWERVED RIGHT, OFF THE NARROW PREPARED SURFACE AND DOWN A STEEP EMBANKMENT.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N3709K](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3709K), registered now, S/N 1402 (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: 1402
- Airframe hours: 2250
- Engines: CONTINENTAL C-125-2 125 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Alexanderson, Carl I.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: 100 hour, June 16, 1984, 4 hours before
- Airport: 44N, Sky Acres, runway 17, 3,885 × 20 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 60; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 420 total, 420 in this make and model, 313 as pilot in command, 2 in the last 90 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Not reported
- Wind: 180° at 4 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 57 °F, dew point 37 °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 19841127070469A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19841127070469A), Nov 27, 1984: Univac GC1B, Millbrook, NY, Substantial damage. Overcorrected drift to left on landing rollout, went off right side of the runway down a steep embankment.

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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