Globe GC-1B
N191K is a Globe GC-1B, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1946. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in St Simons Island, Georgia. The registration is valid: it was issued on June 28, 2016 and expires on June 30, 2029. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated November 1, 1972.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Globe
- Model
- GC-1B · all GC-1Bs and related versions
- Serial number
- 252
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Lycoming 0-320 SERIES · 180 hp
- Seats
- 2
- Year built
- 1946
- Cruising speed
- 105 mph
- Transponder code
- A16CC3 (octal 50266303)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- June 28, 2016
- Expires
- June 30, 2029
- Last FAA action
- January 12, 2024
- Airworthiness
- Standard · Normal · November 1, 1972
- FAA region
- Southern
- FAA record id
- 00002860
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Budd William M
- Type
- Individual
- Address
- 120 Palm Dr
St Simons Island, GA 31522-1401
Owners can ask the FAA to withhold their name and address from public files. When they do, those fields are blank here as well. How that works.
Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
Earlier use of this number 1
Records check free · 3 to understand · 2 clear
The public federal record on N191K, read the way a buyer, lender or insurer reads it: FAA registration, prior tail numbers keyed on the serial number, reuse of the tail number, recent registry filings, and the NTSB accident record under this and every earlier registration.
Valid registration to Budd William M, an individual, certificate issued June 28, 2016, expires June 30, 2029. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
The airworthiness certificate on file is dated November 1, 1972, 26 years after the 1946 manufacture year. A re-issued certificate commonly follows export and re-import, a rebuild, or a return to the register after cancellation. The cause is documented in the FAA aircraft records file, which the full report obtains. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 252 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N191K was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Monocoupe 90 (serial 525, cancelled September 30, 1940). Histories keyed to the tail number alone can mix aircraft up; this check keys on the serial number. [2]
No bills of sale, loans or releases have reached the registry in recent weeks. The index covers only recent filings; older liens are in the records file. [3]
1 NTSB record under N191K: Accident on April 26, 2010 at Carollton, GA: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
These live in the FAA aircraft records file (every document ever filed against the aircraft) and, for larger aircraft, the International Registry. Part of the full report.
AD compliance against the logbooks and flight-activity reconciliation are researched layers of the full report.
NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Globe GC-1B · operated under 091
The pilot's improper recovery from the bounced landings, resulting in a loss of directional control.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for ERA10CA243 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through August 27, 2026. data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search
This automated check reads the public federal record. Nothing here is a legal opinion, an appraisal or a statement about the aircraft's condition; a CLEAR line is a statement about the searched record, not the aircraft.
Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 2, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data