We never show street addresses, even though they appear in the public FAA file. Individual owners are shown by city and state only.
Airframe & engine
FAA Registry + type data
Airframe
Manufacturer
Globe
Model
GC-1B
Year
1946
Serial number
2143
Aircraft type
Fixed wing single engine
Category
Land
Certification
Type Certificated
Seats
2
Engines
1
Max takeoff weight
Up to 12,499 lb
Mode S code
AA973D
Engine
Make and model
Cont Motor C125 Series
Type
Reciprocating
Power
125 hp
Total time and engine hours aren't public. They appear here once the owner adds logbooks.
Ownership history
Ownership history from FAA records
1979 – 2013Individual ownerAshdown, AR
Individual owners are shown by city and state only.
Safety record
NTSB · Oct 15, 2026 · FAA ADs · Oct 20, 2026 · SDRs · Oct 16, 2026
NTSB events (1)
Accident · destroyed
May 18, 1988 · Powderly, TX
THE AIRPLANE HAD NOT BEEN FLOWN FOR MORE THAN SEVEN MONTHS. IT DID NOT HAVE A CURRENT ANNUAL INSPECTION. WITNESSES SAID THE PILOT RAN THE ENGINE AND IT RAN ROUGH. THEN HE WASHED THE AIRPLANE, THEN REFUELED, DRAINED THE SUMPS AND RAN THE ENGINE AGAIN AT THE END OF THE RUNWAY. THE AIRPORT MANAGER SAID HE THOUGHT THE PILOT WAS ONLY GOING TO MAKE A HIGH SPEED TAXI BECAUSE THE ENGINE WAS RUNNING SO…
These match the airframe or engine model. Whether each one applies, and whether it's been complied with, depends on serial numbers, equipment and logbook entries. Applicability must be confirmed by a mechanic against the aircraft's records.
No ADs published since 1998 matched this airframe or engine model.
AI-extracted — verify against original. Matched from each AD's applicability section; ADs replaced by a later AD are left out.
Service Difficulty Reports (0)
No Service Difficulty Reports found for this airframe since 1995.