# NTSB WPR23LA161: Globe GC-1B, N80922, Concord, CA, April 14, 2023 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report - Date: April 14, 2023, 16:00 local (23:00 UTC) - Place: Concord, CA - Coordinates: 37.989657, -122.0569 (estimated) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.9897&lon=-122.0569&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Defining event: [Landing-landing roll: Loss of control on ground](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 2 uninjured - 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 - NTSB case key (mKey): 107096 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=WPR23LA161 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/107096/pdf - NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=107096 - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR23LA161 ## Probable cause The pilot’s failure to maintain directional control of the airplane during a landing in gusting wind conditions. ## Findings NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause. - [Performance/control parameters: directional control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062020): Aircraft › Aircraft oper/perf/capability · Not attained/maintained (probable cause); cases with it: [Globe GC-1B, 3 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062020/cases.md?model=9230104), [All aircraft, 3,958 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062020/cases.md) - [Use of equip/info: aircraft control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040): Personnel issues › Task performance · Pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [Globe GC-1B, 6 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md?model=9230104), [All aircraft, 9,295 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md) ## Sequence of events The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened. - [Landing-landing roll: Loss of control on ground](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230) (defining event); cases with it: [Globe GC-1B, 3 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230/sequence.md?model=9230104), [All aircraft, 4,585 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230/sequence.md) ## 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](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N80922), registered now, S/N 1115, 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: 1115 - Year built: 1946 - Airframe hours: 28.2 - Engines: Franklin Engine Company 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 ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 58; injuries: none; 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 - Co-pilot; age 59; injuries: none; 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 files) The files NTSB released with the investigation on December 13, 2023, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=107096. 4.4 MB in all. - Pilot/operator aircraft accident report, NTSB form 6120.1 (item 1, PDF, 9 pages, 3.7 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=16093905&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=230423-01NTSB%206120%20Form_Redacted-Rel.pdf - Photos (item 2, PDF, 2 pages, 664 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=16196934&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=N89022%20Accident%20Photographs-Rel.pdf From the NTSB's public API. 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