# NTSB CHI69A0052: Globe GC-1B, N78061, Reed City, MI, November 17, 1968

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: November 17, 1968
- Place: Reed City, MI · REED CITY, MI
- Location: 43.8728° N, 85.5070° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Reed City, MI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.8728&lon=-85.5070&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Uncontrolled descent](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/650) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Completed, report April 16, 1969
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 192024
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI69A0052
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI69A0052

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N78061-2018-07-26), registration cancelled 2018-07-26, S/N 2061, built 1946 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GLOBE GC-1B
- Registry model: [Globe GC-1B](https://openairdocs.org/model/globe-gc-1b) (registry code 9230104) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental C125 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c125-series) (registry code 17011, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Airport: Miller Field

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.

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