Globe GC1-B N90379

Summary

On 22 May 1988 at about 16:49 local time, a Globe GC1-B registered N90379 was involved in an accident near Miami, Florida, United States. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

22 May 1988 at 16:49

Classification

Accident

Location

Miami, Florida, United States

Coordinates

25.6507, -80.4102

Aircraft

Globe GC1-B

Registration

N90379

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

MIA88LA175

Nobody was injured.

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

HYDRAULIC MOTOR ACTIVATED LIGHT REMAINED ON AFTER LANDING GEAR RETRACTION. THE PILOT BELIEVING THIS TO INDICATE A LANDING GEAR MALFUNCTION SLOWED THE ACFT AND EXTENDED THE GEAR. A GEAR DOWN INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. HOWEVER, THE HYDRAULIC MOTOR ACTIVATED LIGHT REMAINED ILLUMINATED. WHILE CONTINUING TO TROUBLESHOOT WHAT HE BELIEVED TO BE A LANDING GEAR PROBLEM, THE ENGINE OVERHEATED AND LOST POWER. WHILE ATTEMPTING TO MAKE A FORCED LANDING ON A ROAD THE HYDRAULICALLY OPERATED FLAPS WOULD NOT EXTEND. THE LANDING GEAR EXTENDED NORMALLY. DURING ROLLOUT THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK BRUSH AND GROUNDLOOPED. THE LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED AND THE TAIL WHEEL SEPARATED FROM THE AIRCRAFT. THE CAUSE OF THE HYDRAULIC MOTOR ACTIVATED LIGHT ILLUMINATION WAS NOT DETERMINED. THE PILOT DID NOT PULL THE HYDRAULIC MOTOR CIRCUIT BREAKER.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.