# NTSB NYC94LA147: Globe GC1-A, N81LM, Columbus, OH, August 3, 1994

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: August 3, 1994, 12:00 local (16:00 UTC)
- Place: Columbus, OH
- Coordinates: 40.02005, -83.080505 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.0200&lon=-83.0805&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report December 2, 1994
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 38809
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC94LA147
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/38809/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC94LA147

## Probable cause

was the pilot's improper recovery from a bounced landing which resulted in the airplane departing the runway, striking a light, and ground looped.

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - in flight, landing - aborted
  - recovery from bounced landing - improper, pilot in command
  - raising of flaps - premature, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - airspeed - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - stall/mush - inadvertent, pilot in command
- Loss of control - on ground/water, landing
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
- On ground/water collision with object, landing - roll
  - object - airport facility

## Analysis

AFTER LANDING THE PILOT STATED, THE AIRPLANE DID A 'SLIGHT BOUNCE IN A WHEEL LANDING ATTITUDE.'  THE PILOT EXECUTED A GO- AROUND, RETRACTED THE FLAPS, AND STARTED TO CLIMB.  ACCORDING TO THE PILOT'S STATEMENT THE AIRPLANE, 'SETTLED WHEN OUT OF GROUND EFFECT, DIRECTION CONTROL COULD NOT BE MAINTAINED WITH RUDDER....' THE AIRPLANE DEPARTED THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY, STRUCK A LIGHT, CROSSED OVER THE RUNWAY TO THE RIGHT SIDE, AND GROUND LOOPED.

## Factual narrative

On August 3, 1994, about 1200 eastern daylight time, a Globe- Swift GC-1A, N81LM, registered and piloted by Dennis Agin, struck a runway location light after a bounced landing at the Ohio State University Airport, Columbus, Ohio.  The airplane was substantially damaged, and the pilot was not injured.  Visual meteorological conditions prevailed, and no flight plan had been filed.  The flight was operated under 14 CFR 91.

According to the pilot's statement on the NTSB Form 6120.1/2, after touchdown the airplane did a "slight bounce in a wheel landing attitude."  The pilot wrote that he executed a go- around, retracted the flaps, and started to climb.  According to the pilot's statement:

...initiated a slow climb, settled when out of ground      effect, direction control could not be maintained with      rudder, struck light (with wheel?)....

According to FAA Inspector, William Mazureck's report, after landing on runway 27R, the airplane bounced twice and the pilot, "decided to go around."  Mr. Mazureck wrote:

He added takeoff power.  When he thought he had adequate           airspeed he retracted the flaps....he settled back down and      lost directional control.  Off the runway  and pointing            about 30 degrees left of the runway direction the left main      gear touched the ground.  The aircraft struck a runway             location light for runway 14-32...and ground looped....

## Aircraft

- Registration: N81LM (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: Globe GC1-A
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 68
- Airframe hours: 11248
- Engines: CONTINENTAL C-90-12F 90 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Dennis M. Agin
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, November 22, 1993, 65 hours before
- Departed: I78, MARYSVILLE, OH
- Destination: OSU
- Airport: OSU, Don Scott, runway 27R, 2,994 × 100 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 51; commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 1,170 total, 31 in this make and model, 995 as pilot in command, 59 in the last 90 days, 23 in the last 30 days, 6 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 240° at 8 knots
- Visibility: 4 statute miles
- Temperature: 82 °F, dew point 70 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: OSU, 1 nm away

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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