# NTSB ERA22LA081: Globe GC-1B, N7824S, Bennettsville, SC, December 4, 2021 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report - Date: December 4, 2021, 13:15 local (18:15 UTC) - Place: Bennettsville, SC · Private grass airstrip - Coordinates: 34.7353, -79.6686 (estimated) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.7353&lon=-79.6686&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Defining event: [Takeoff: Collision with terr/obj (non-CFIT) ](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470) - Highest injury: Serious injuries - Injuries: 1 serious - Status: Completed - Report: Approved by Office Director - Investigation class: Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish - NTSB office: Eastern Region Aviation - Parties: FAA/FSDO - NTSB case key (mKey): 104348 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ERA22LA081 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/104348/pdf - NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=104348 - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA22LA081 ## 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. ## Findings NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause. - [Performance/control parameters: heading/course](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062047): Aircraft › Aircraft oper/perf/capability · Not attained/maintained (probable cause); cases with it: [Globe GC-1B, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062047/cases.md?model=9230104), [All aircraft, 82 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062047/cases.md) - [Planning/preparation: flight planning/navigation](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02061025): Personnel issues › Task performance · Pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [Globe GC-1B, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02061025/cases.md?model=9230104), [All aircraft, 179 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02061025/cases.md) - [Object/animal/substance: pole](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03022010): Environmental issues › Physical environment · Not specified (probable cause); cases with it: [Globe GC-1B, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03022010/cases.md?model=9230104), [All aircraft, 142 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03022010/cases.md) ## Sequence of events The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened. - [Takeoff: Collision with terr/obj (non-CFIT) ](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470) (defining event); cases with it: [Globe GC-1B, 13 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470/sequence.md?model=9230104), [All aircraft, 10,189 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470/sequence.md) ## Analysis The pilot reported that he was taking off from a 2,300-ft-long grass strip. He initiated the takeoff from a 1,000-ft-long parking area that was about 35° off the runway heading, thinking it was the runway. After realizing his error, there was insufficient room to stop, the airplane became airborne, and the left wing impacted the windsock pole, which resulted in structural damage to the wings, fuselage, and empennage, and the pilot sustained a serious injury. The pilot reported that there were no pre-accident mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N7824S](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7824S-2023-08-15), registration cancelled 2023-08-15, S/N 2242, 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: [Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG](https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (registry code 99999) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: 2242 - Year built: 1946 - Airframe hours: 3500 - Engines: Continental O-300 Series 210 hp reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Personal, Part 91 - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal - Last inspection: Annual, April 30, 2021 - Destination: LBT, Lumberton, NC - Airport: PVT, N/A, runway 29, 2,300 × 70 ft, grass/turf - Equipment: ADS-B, Auto-pilot ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 75; injuries: serious; commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 3, with waivers/limitations; seat: left; restraint: 3-point; flight hours: 3,033 total, 500 in this make and model, 2,763 as pilot in command, 23 in the last 90 days, 5 in the last 30 days ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: calm - Visibility: 10 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: none - Temperature: 68 °F, dew point 48 °F - Altimeter: 30.06 inHg - Observed at: KBBP, 8 nm away - METAR: METAR KBBP 041815Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 20/09 A3006 RMK AO2 ## FAA reports on this event (1) The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs). - [Accident 20211204021769A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20211204021769A), Dec 4, 2021: Globe GC-1B, Bennettsville, SC, Substantial damage. 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… ## Docket (4 files) The files NTSB released with the investigation on May 24, 2022, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=104348. 5.9 MB in all. - Pilot/operator aircraft accident report, NTSB form 6120.1 (item 1, PDF, 9 pages, 4.7 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=13114458&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=1%20NTSB%20Form%206120%20Barker_Redacted-Rel.pdf - NTSB memorandum for record - FAA inspector statement (item 2, PDF, 1 page, 180 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=13116117&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=1a%20Memorandum%20for%20Record%20508%20Clamp-Rel.pdf - Diagram of accident airstrip (item 3, PDF, 1 page, 131 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=13114373&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=2%20Diagram%20of%20Accident%20Airstrip-Rel.pdf - Photos (item 4, PDF, 4 pages, 943 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=13880632&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=3%20Photo%20Array-Rel.pdf From the NTSB's public API. 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