- Date
- May 17, 1988, 19:16 local (May 18, 1988, 00:16 UTC)
- Place
- Powderly, TX
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N78143Globe GC-1B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report April 25, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880517016689A
- Case key
- 22549
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The airplane had not been flown for more than seven months. It did not have a current annual inspection. Witnesses said the pilot ran the engine and it ran rough. Then he washed the airplane, then refueled, drained the sumps and ran the engine again at the end of the runway. The airport manager said he thought the pilot was only going to make a high speed taxi because the engine was running so bad. The airplane lifted off but did not climb. It hit a tree, then a high voltage power line, then the terrain and a porch of a house and started burning. Some spark plugs were dirty and water was found in the carburetor float chamber. The plastic carburetor float was cracked open.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N78143
- Reported as
- Globe GC-1B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 2143
- Engine
- Continental C-145, 145 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Richard M. Maginn
- Registered owner
- Donald R. Young
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 1, 1986
- Departed
- 44F
- Airport
- 44F · Powderly, runway 17, 2,945 × 38 ft, macadam
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 45
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Expired
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 350 total · 10 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 91 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.