Globe GC-1B N80970

Summary

On 27 May 1985 at about 01:15 local time, a Globe GC-1B registered N80970, operated by Ricky Randle Waliman, was involved in an accident near Moorpark, California, United States. 2 people were on board and one died, one was seriously injured. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

27 May 1985 at 01:15

Classification

Accident

Location

Moorpark, California, United States

Coordinates

34.3096, -118.8703

Aircraft

Globe GC-1B

Registration

N80970

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Ricky Randle Waliman

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Oxnard → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

LAX85FA259

1 person died.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

ACFT CRASHED WHILE BEING MANEUVERED IN A CANYON. POST CRASH INSPECTION OF THE PROPELLER REVEALED NO EVIDENCE OF ROTATION AT IMPACT. ONE-HALF GAL OF AUTOMOTIVE FUEL WAS FOUND IN THE LEFT WING TANK AND NO FUEL WAS FOUND IN THE RIGHT WING TANK. SOME FUEL LINES WERE BROKEN AT THE CENTER WING AREA WHICH WOULD HAVE ALLOWED SOME LEAKAGE AFTER THE ACCIDENT, HOWEVER, THERE WAS NO EVIDENCE OF EXTREME AMOUNTS OF FUEL SPILLAGE IN AND AROUND THE ACFT. THE ENGINE WAS RUN TO FULL POWER AFTER THE ACCIDENT WITH NO EVIDENCE OF MECHANICAL FAILURE. THE ACFT'S FUEL VALVE WAS FOUND BETWEEN THE OFF AND ON POSITIONS, WHICH DID NOT ALLOW FUEL TO FLOW THROUGH IT, HOWEVER, THERE WAS EVIDENCE OF IMPACT DAMAGE TO THE VALVE. THE ACFT'S FUEL GAGE STILL READ ONE QUARTER FULL AFTER THE CRASH WITH NO FUEL IN THE ACFT.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.