- Date
- September 16, 1984, 15:30 local (22:30 UTC)
- Place
- Calistoga, CA
- Injuries
- 2 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N80504Globe GC-1B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840916049179A
- Case key
- 24401
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The starboard entrance hatch opened during takeoff roll. The pilot aborted the takeoff. The acft could not be stopped on the remaining rwy & collided with a ditch. The takeoff was attempted with a light tailwind on a unidirectional rwy.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N80504
- Reported as
- Globe GC-1B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 80504
- Airframe hours
- 1,300
- Engine
- Continental O-300, 145 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Robert W. Macek
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 31, 1984
- Departed
- 058 · Calistoga, CA
- Destination
- PAO · Palo Alto, CA
- Airport
- 058 · Calisyoga Airpark, runway 10, 2,600 × 20 ft, asphalt
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
- 27
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,515 total · 105 in this make and model · 771 as pilot in command · 108 in the last 90 days · 32 in the last 30 days · 15 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 170° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 97 °F, dew point 55 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- STS, 12 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.