- Date
- May 29, 1986, 17:00 local (21:00 UTC)
- Place
- Johnstown, PA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N80611Globe GC-1B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860529087309A
- Case key
- 30346
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The flight departed Johnstown-cambria airport at about 1600 hours and returned at about 1700 hours. On landing, the pilot forgot to lower the landing gear and landed gear up. The aircraft slid to a stop and about five minutes later fire erupted.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N80611
- Reported as
- Globe GC-1B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 1016
- Airframe hours
- 536
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Donald M Bheam
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 1, 1986
- Departed
- JST · Johnstown, PA
- Airport
- JST · Johnstown, runway 33, 5,486 × 150 ft, asphalt
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
- 63
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 3,930 total · 2,488 in this make and model · 3,810 as pilot in command · 35 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 300° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 79 °F, dew point 55 °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.