# NTSB IAD70AI060: Globe GC-1B, N80792, Blue Ridge, VA, May 16, 1970

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: May 16, 1970
- Place: Blue Ridge, VA · BLUE RIDGE, VA
- Location: 37.3796° N, 79.8220° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Blue Ridge, VA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.3796&lon=-79.8220&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Uncontrolled descent](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/650) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Completed, report September 30, 1970
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 127094
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=IAD70AI060
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD70AI060

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N80792-2018-10-01), registration cancelled 2018-10-01, S/N 195, built 1946 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GLOBE GC-1B
- Registry model: [Globe GC-1A](https://openairdocs.org/model/globe-gc-1a) (registry code 9230102) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental C125 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c125-series) (registry code 17011, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed

## Other investigations on N80792 (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB CHI68F0578](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI68F0578), Sep 24, 1967: Globe Swift GC-1B (N80792), W Lafayette, IN, substantial damage

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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