Universal GLOBE GC-1B
N42WW is an Universal GLOBE GC-1B, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Stillwater, Minnesota. The registration is valid: it was issued on May 5, 2022 and expires on May 31, 2029. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated October 8, 1976.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Universal
- Model
- GLOBE GC-1B · all GLOBE GC-1Bs and related versions
- Serial number
- 3688
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Cont Motor IO-360 SER · 300 hp
- Seats
- 2
- Year built
- Not given
- Cruising speed
- 105 mph
- Transponder code
- A4FB4F (octal 51175517)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- May 5, 2022
- Expires
- May 31, 2029
- Last FAA action
- August 4, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Standard · Normal · October 8, 1976
- FAA region
- Great Lakes
- FAA record id
- 00231664
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Zahler Mitchell J
- Type
- Individual
- Address
- 4735 Osgood Ave N
Stillwater, MN 55082-1140
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Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
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The public federal record on N42WW, 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 Zahler Mitchell J, an individual, certificate issued May 5, 2022, expires May 31, 2029. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for normal; the FAA file gives no certificate date and no manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 3688 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N42WW according to the deregistered file. [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 N42WW: Accident on May 12, 1991 at Chandler, AZ: fatal, destroyed (1 fatal). 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: Universal Globe GC-1B · operated under 091
THE PILOT-IN-COMMAND'S FAILURE TO MAINTAIN AIRSPEED IN A FORCED LANDING RESULTING IN AN IN FLIGHT LOSS OF CONTROL, STALL, AND SUBSEQUENT IN FLIGHT COLLIISON WITH TERRAIN. FACTOR RELATED TO THE ACCIDENT WAS THE PILOT'S IMPROPER PROCEDURE WHICH RESTULED IN A TOTAL LOSS OF ENGINE POWER ON VFR APPROACH DUE TO FUEL STARVATION.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for LAX91FA209 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
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Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 2, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data