# Accident 20211204021769A: Globe GC-1B, Bennettsville, SC, December 4, 2021

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 4, 2021, 13:20 local time
- Place: Bennettsville, SC
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Rotation
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.7353° N, 79.6686° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.7353&lon=-79.6686&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7824S, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7824S-2023-08-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Globe GC-1B (registry code 9230104, https://openairdocs.org/model/globe-gc-1b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GLOBE GC-1B
- Reported engine: AMA/EXPR UNKNOWN ENG
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 3,033 total, 500 in this make and model, 12 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA22LA081](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA22LA081) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20211204021769A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

PILOT WAS TAKING OFF ON A PRIVATE GRASS RUNWAY WHICH FOR THE FIRST 1000 FEET WAS STRAIGHT AND ALSO HAD AN INCLINE AND THEN BARED TO THE LEFT 30-45 DEGREES. THE PILOT MISJUDGED THE RUNWAY CONFIGURATION AND ONCE HE GOT THROUGH THE FIRST 1000 FEET OF THE TAKE-OFF ROLL HE BECAME AIRBORNE AND THEN REALIZED THAT HE HAD MADE A MISTAKE. HE HAD NOWHERE TO TURN AND CONSEQUENTLY STRIKING THE WINDSOCK POLL WITH THE LEFT WING.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB ERA22LA081](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA22LA081), Dec 4, 2021: Globe GC-1B (N7824S), Bennettsville, SC, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s inadequate preflight planning, resulting in a takeoff attempt from a grass parking area instead of the runway and subsequent impact with a pole.

## Other reports on N7824S (2)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20010208002089I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010208002089I), Feb 8, 2001: Swftms GC1B (N7824S), Philadelphia, MS, Minor damage. (-23) During taxiing into ramp the landing gear collapsed resulting in minor damage.
- [Incident 20000116004239I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000116004239I), Jan 16, 2000: Swftms GC1B (N7824S), Vicksburg, MS, Minor damage. Pilot entered traffic pattern on the down wind leg of rwy 19 at Vicksburg, MS. The landing geat was lowered at that time. On landing the landing geat collasped…

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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