# NTSB UNK64X3008: Globe Swift GC1B, N80839, Butler, PA, July 24, 1964

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: July 24, 1964
- Place: Butler, PA · BUTLER, PA
- Location: 40.8616° N, 79.8962° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Butler, PA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.8616&lon=-79.8962&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report October 16, 1964
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 182795
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=UNK64X3008
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/UNK64X3008

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-2190  64/7/24    BUTLER PA           GLOBE SWIFT GC1B    CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 30, 132
        TIME - 1950                    N80839              PX-  0  0  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, 40 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - BUTLER FARM-SHOW
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           GEAR RETRACTED                                           LANDING: ROLL
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - INADVERTENTLY RETRACTED GEAR
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N80839](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N80839-1970-06-16), registration cancelled 1970-06-16, S/N 242 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GLOBE SWIFT GC1B
- Registry model: [Globe GC-1B](https://openairdocs.org/model/globe-gc-1b) (registry code 9230104) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Butler Farm-Show

## Other investigations on N80839 (1)

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.

- [NTSB NYC66F0191](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC66F0191), Aug 6, 1965: Globe GC-1B (N80839), Florence, PA, substantial damage

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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