# NTSB MIA70AM057: Globe GC-1B, N521C, Hickory, MS, January 16, 1970

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: January 16, 1970
- Place: Hickory, MS · HICKORY, MS
- Location: 32.3167° N, 89.0217° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Hickory, MS, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.3167&lon=-89.0217&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Uncontrolled descent](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/650) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 2 fatal
- Status: Completed, report June 5, 1970
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 141333
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA70AM057
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA70AM057

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-0076  70/1/16    HICKORY,MISS        GLOBE GC-1B         CR-  1  0  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 30, 328
        TIME - 1945                    N521C               PX-  1  0  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, 176 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          DECATUR,ALA                UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED
        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 - FOG
           PILOT IN COMMAND - ATTEMPTED OPERATION W/KNOWN DEFICIENCIES IN EQUIPMENT
        WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE
        WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT
        SKY CONDITION                                            CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE
          OVERCAST                                                  400
        VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE                              PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE
          2 MILES OR LESS                                          DRIZZLE
        OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE                  TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS
          FOG                                                      VFR
        TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN
          NONE
         FIRE AFTER IMPACT
        REMARKS- FLEW INTO KNOWN DETERIORATING WEA. ACFT NOT EQUIPPED WITH ATTITUDE INDICATOR.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N521C](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N521C-1970-12-14), registration cancelled 1970-12-14, S/N 122, built 1946 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GLOBE GC-1B
- Registry model: [Globe GC-1B](https://openairdocs.org/model/globe-gc-1b) (registry code 9230104) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed

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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