Globe GC-1B N80741

Summary

On 14 February 2011 at about 19:27 local time, a Globe GC-1B registered N80741, operated by Sigvaldsen Gary S, was involved in an accident near Anderson, South Carolina, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

14 February 2011 at 19:27

Classification

Accident

Location

Anderson, South Carolina, United States

Coordinates

34.4000, -82.5000

Aircraft

Globe GC-1B

Registration

N80741

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Sigvaldsen Gary S

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Wilmington → Canon

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

IMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ERA11LA173

Nobody was injured.

The total loss of engine power due to the formation of carburetor ice.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

The pilot reported that about 3 hours into his cross-country flight the engine began to surge and lose power. He initially thought it was carburetor ice and turned on the carburetor heat. The carburetor heat seemed to improve engine performance briefly, but the engine began to surge again and eventually stopped running. The pilot made an emergency forced landing in a field with the landing gear up and flaps down, incurring substantial damage to the underside of the airplane. A postaccident examination of the fuel system revealed no blockage or contamination of the fuel. According to the Federal Aviation Administration’s carburetor icing probability chart, the temperature/dew point combination at the time of the accident met the conditions favoring formation of serious carburetor icing at cruise power. It is likely that the loss of engine power resulted from carburetor icing.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.