- Date
- August 8, 1970
- Place
- Big Spring, TX · BIG SPRING, TX
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N78118Globe GC-1B
- Status
- Completed · report June 10, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 191208
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3411 70/8/8 BIG SPRING,TEX GLOBE GC-1B CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 27, 1385 TIME - 0745 N78118 PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 12 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - HOWARD COUNTY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: MUSH TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - PREMATURE LIFT-OFF PILOT IN COMMAND - RETRACTED GEAR PREMATURELY REMARKS- AFT PLT RETRACTED GR,ACFT SETTLED BACK ONTO RWY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N78118
- Reported as
- Globe GC-1B
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Howard County
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