# NTSB NYC86LA139: Globe GC-1B, N80611, Johnstown, PA, May 29, 1986

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: May 29, 1986, 17:00 local (21:00 UTC)
- Place: Johnstown, PA
- Coordinates: 40.310096, -78.840606 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.3101&lon=-78.8406&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 30346
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC86LA139
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/30346/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC86LA139

## Sequence of events

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

- In flight collision with terrain/water, landing - flare/touchdown
  - wheels up landing - inadvertent, pilot in command (cause)
  - checklist - not attained, pilot in command (cause)
  - gear extension - not performed, pilot in command (cause)
  - diverted attention, pilot in command (cause)
- Fire, landing - roll

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N80611), registered now, S/N 1016, 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: 1016
- Airframe hours: 536
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 63; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19860529087309A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860529087309A), May 29, 1986: Univac STCGC1, Johnstown, PA, Destroyed. Pilot landed with gear up. Post fire destroyed aircraft due to ruptured fuel tank at the fuel line connection.

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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