- Date
- June 20, 1976
- Place
- Waco, TX · WACO, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N3208KGlobe GC-1B
- Status
- Completed · report August 4, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760620017429A
- Case key
- 154538
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1621 76/6/20 WACO,TX GLOBE GC-1B CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 35, 537 TIME - 1459 N3208K PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 107 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MADISON-COOPER DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WACO,TX TEMPLE,TX TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: CLIMB TO CRUISE DITCHING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON WATER REMARKS- OP WITH 100 LOW LEAD FUEL. ACFT SANK,UN RECOVER.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3208K
- Reported as
- Globe GC-1B
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Madison-Cooper
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N3208K · 1
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