- Date
- August 15, 1966
- Place
- Lafayette, IN · LAFAYETTE, IN
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N78119Globe GC-1B
- Status
- Completed · report October 31, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 121648
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2422 66/8/15 LAFAYETTE IND GLOBE GC-1B CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 34, 97 TOTAL TIME - 1945 N78119 PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 35 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PURDUE UNIVERSITY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: DESCENDING NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL EXHAUSTION PILOT IN COMMAND - MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH VEGETATION COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- PILOT CRASH-LANDED IN CORN FIELD.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N78119
- Reported as
- Globe GC-1B
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Purdue University
N78119Registration cancelled Oct 2, 2021 · Universal GLOBE GC-1BAirframe modelUniversal GLOBE GC-1BEngine modelContinental C125 series
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