N79K

Globe GC-1B · built 1946

Registrations are reused: the FAA register shows 3 earlier aircraft with this mark, the last registration cancelled on August 16, 1988.

Register facts: FAA Aircraft Registry (Releasable Aircraft Database) (open data).

FlightFinder has no observed route profile for this registration. The documented safety events below are available independently of live flight tracking.

Safety history

  • September 22, 1984Accident

    ON APPROACH, ACFT YAWED RIGHT. PLT REDUCED POWER AND EXECUTED EMERG LNDG. BEFORE SHUTDOWN, IT WAS NOTED THE T/R WAS STATIONARY WHILE THE MAIN ROTOR CONTINUED TO TURN. INVESTIGATION REVEALED T/R DRIVE SHAFT HAD SEPARTED DUE TO THERMAL/MECHANICAL DAMAGE INCURRED BY CONTACT WITH ENGINE FIREWALL.

    Sikorsky S-76A