- Date
- April 14, 2023, 16:00 local (23:00 UTC)
- Place
- Concord, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N80922Globe GC-1B
- Defining event
- Landing-landing roll: Loss of control on ground
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Investigation class
- Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
- NTSB office
- Western Pacific Region
- Parties
- Federal Aviation Administration
- Case key
- 107096
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Probable cause
The pilot’s failure to maintain directional control of the airplane during a landing in gusting wind conditions.
Findings · 2
NTSB’s coded findings. Those marked are part of the probable cause; the rest are factors or other findings. Under each, the cases with the same finding.
Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Analysis
The pilot reported that during a touch and go landing, he experienced a wind gust that turned the airplane to the right and then to the left. The was unable to correct the airplane’s heading and the airplane exited the runway which resulted in substantial damage to both wings. The pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N80922
- Reported as
- Globe GC-1B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 1115
- Built
- 1946
- Airframe hours
- 28.2
- Engine
- Franklin Engine 6A-350-C1, 220 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 1, 2023 · 2.5 hours before
- Departed
- KCCR · Concord, CA
- Destination
- KCCR · Concord, CA
- Airport
- CCR · Buchanan Field Airport, runway 19R, 5,001 × 150 ft, asphalt
- Equipment
- ADS-B
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 · 2
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 58
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Without waivers/limitations
- Seat
- Left
- Restraint
- 4-point
- Flight hours
- 6,106 total · 29 in this make and model · 6,106 as pilot in command · 28 in the last 90 days · 17 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
- Role
- Co-pilot
- Age
- 59
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Seat
- Right
- Restraint
- 4-point
- Flight hours
- 3,472 total · 0 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 250° at 13 knots, gusting 17
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 57 °F, dew point 32 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.19 inHg
- Observed at
- KCCR
- METAR
- METAR KCCR 042353Z 25013G17KT 10SM CLR 14/00 A3019
Docket · 2
The files NTSB released with the investigation on December 13, 2023, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 4.4 MB in all.