- Date
- November 17, 1968
- Place
- Reed City, MI · REED CITY, MI
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N78061Globe GC-1B
- Status
- Completed · report April 16, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 192024
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4813 68/11/17 REED CITY,MICH GLOBE GC-1B CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 40, 1108 TIME - 1326 N78061 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 565 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MILLER FIELD TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT PILOT IN COMMAND - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - RAIN WEATHER - FOG WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED 500 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 2 MILES OR LESS RAIN OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F FOG 34 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 120 5 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR IFR REMARKS- PLT ENTERED OVERCAST ON T/O BEFORE VACUUM FLT INST BECAME RELIABLE.CRASHED 9 MINS AFTER T/O.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N78061
- Reported as
- Globe GC-1B
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Miller Field
N78061Registration cancelled Jul 26, 2018 · Globe GC-1BAirframe modelGlobe GC-1BEngine modelContinental C125 series
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