# NTSB MIA69F0430: Globe Swift GC-1B, N80922, Weaver, AL, April 8, 1969

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: April 8, 1969
- Place: Weaver, AL · WEAVER, AL
- Location: 33.7591° N, 85.8094° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Weaver, AL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.7591&lon=-85.8094&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report June 12, 1969
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 187773
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA69F0430
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA69F0430

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-0909   69/4/8    WEAVER,ALA          GLOBE SWIFT GC-1B   CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 38, 755
        TIME - 1745                    N80922              PX-  0  0  1  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, 22 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - MCMINN
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLIDED WITH: FENCE,FENCEPOSTS                          TAKEOFF: RUN
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED
        FACTOR(S)
           WEATHER - HIGH TEMPERATURE
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - TOUCH AND GO LANDING
        WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED
        WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT
        SKY CONDITION                                            CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE
          UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED                                      3000
        VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE                              PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE
          5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED)                                     NONE
        OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE                  TEMPERATURE-F
          NONE                                                      78
        TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS                               TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN
          VFR                                                      NONE
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: N80922 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: GLOBE SWIFT GC-1B
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Mcminn

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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