{"airworthiness_class":"","airworthiness_date":"","airworthiness_ops":"","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"2009-09-10","city":"GARDNERVILLE","country_code":"US","county_code":"005","cruise_speed_mph":105,"data_date":"2026-10-02","documents":[],"eng_mfr_mdl":"","engine_horsepower":null,"engine_maker":"","engine_model":"","engine_thrust_lb":null,"expiration_date":"2028-07-31","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":0,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"piston-singles","kit_mfr":"","kit_model":"","last_action_date":"2023-05-26","maker":"Globe","maker_country":null,"maker_raw":"GLOBE","maker_segment":null,"mfr_mdl_code":"9230104","mode_s_code":"52511651","mode_s_hex":"AA93A9","model":"GC-1B","n_number":"N78053","name":"BARTHOLOMEW DON","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"TRUCKEE","damage":"SUBS","date":"2003-07-04","highest_injury":"FATL","ntsb_no":"LAX03FA207","probable_cause":"an in-flight loss of control due to the pilot's rotation to an excessive pitch up attitude after takeoff and his failure to maintain an adequate airspeed, which resulted in a stall.  Factors in the accident were the high density altitude and the lack of stall warning devices on the airplane.","registration":"N78053","state":"CA","summary":"Accident on July 4, 2003 at Truckee, CA: fatal, substantial damage (1 fatal).","type":"ACC"},{"city":"GRASS VALLEY","damage":"SUBS","date":"2000-09-15","highest_injury":"NONE","ntsb_no":"LAX00LA337","probable_cause":"the pilot's failure to maintain directional control of the airplane during the takeoff roll.","registration":"N78053","state":"CA","summary":"Accident on September 15, 2000 at Grass Valley, CA: no injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":1,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N78053 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 Gardnerville, Nevada. The registration is valid: it was issued on September 10, 2009 and expires on July 31, 2028. No airworthiness certificate is on file, which is normal for drones and for aircraft still being built or tested.","records_check":[{"finding":"Valid registration to Bartholomew Don, an individual, certificate issued September 10, 2009, expires July 31, 2028. No fractional interest recorded.","item":"Registration and identity","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"No airworthiness certificate is on file. Usual for a newly registered aircraft, a project, or an aircraft that has not flown since a change of registration; ask for the certificate.","item":"Airworthiness certificate","source":1,"status":"ATTENTION"},{"finding":"No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 2053 for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"No other airframe has carried N78053 according to the deregistered file.","item":"Tail number reuse","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"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.","item":"Recent registry documents","source":3,"status":"NOTE"},{"finding":"2 NTSB records under N78053: Accident on July 4, 2003 at Truckee, CA: fatal, substantial damage (1 fatal). Accident on September 15, 2000 at Grass Valley, CA: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below.","item":"Accident and incident record","source":4,"status":"ATTENTION"},{"finding":"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.","item":"Title chain, liens and 337 forms","source":null,"status":"PENDING"},{"finding":"AD compliance against the logbooks and flight-activity reconciliation are researched layers of the full report.","item":"Airworthiness directives and utilization","source":null,"status":"PENDING"}],"records_check_sources":[{"n":1,"name":"FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file","url":"https://registry.faa.gov/"},{"n":2,"name":"FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download)","url":"https://registry.faa.gov/"},{"n":3,"name":"FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks","url":"https://registry.faa.gov/"},{"n":4,"name":"NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL)","url":"https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search"}],"region":"Western-Pacific","region_code":"4","registrant_type":"Individual","registrant_type_code":"1","seats":2,"serial_number":"2053","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"NV","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"885 TAILDRAGGER RD","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Fixed-wing, single engine","type_aircraft_code":"4","type_engine":"Piston (reciprocating)","type_engine_code":"1","unique_id":"00903636","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N78053","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":1946,"zip":"894106183"}