- Date
- May 16, 1970
- Place
- Blue Ridge, VA · BLUE RIDGE, VA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N80792Globe GC-1B
- Status
- Completed · report September 30, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 127094
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1124 70/5/16 BLUE RIDGE,VA GLOBE GC-1B CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 26, 190 TIME - 1610 N80792 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 93 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION RURAL RETREAT,VA BAILEYS CROSSRDS,VA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS 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 BROKEN/LOWER SCATTERED 700 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 2 MILES OR LESS DRIZZLE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F FOG 65 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 130 10 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- WITNESSES OBS ACFT FLYING IN AND OUT OF LOW CLOUDS. ACFT CERTIFICATED FOR VFR FLT ONLY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N80792
- Reported as
- Globe GC-1B
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N80792Registration cancelled Oct 1, 2018 · Globe GC-1AAirframe modelGlobe GC-1AEngine modelContinental C125 series
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