- Date
- February 14, 1971
- Place
- Wauchula, FL · WAUCHULA, FL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N78321Globe GC-1B
- Status
- Completed · report December 8, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 160078
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0714 71/2/14 WAUCHULA,FLA GLOBE GC-1B CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 47, 455 TIME - 1345 N78321 PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 108 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WAUCHULA MUNI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SARASOTA,FLA WAUCHULA,FLA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: AIRPORT HAZARD TAXI: FROM LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT FACTOR(S) AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: HIDDEN HAZARD REMARKS- SAW DITCH,ASSUMED NEGOTIABLE DUE TO GRASS MOWED LEVEL WITH RWY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N78321
- Reported as
- Globe GC-1B
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Wauchula Muni
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Other investigations on N78321 · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
NTSB ATL01LA043Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCherry Point, NCFatigue cracking of the propeller hub that resulted in the in-flight separation of a propeller blade.NTSB MIA94LA119Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportOkeechobee, FLBoth pilots misjudged their clearance from each other.