- Date
- August 2, 1970
- Place
- Lesterville, MO · LESTERVILLE, MO
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N80970Globe GC-1B
- Status
- Completed · report June 11, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 191434
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3468 70/8/2 LESTERVILLE,MO GLOBE GC-1B CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 40, 150 TIME - 1659 N80970 PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 120 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LOST TRAILS DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LESTERVILLE,MO ST.LOUIS,MO TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES TAKEOFF: ABORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED ACTION IN ABORTING TAKEOFF FACTOR(S) WEATHER - HIGH TEMPERATURE PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND NONE CALM TEMPERATURE-F TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 98 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- SHORT FLD,ACFT NEAR GWT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N80970
- Reported as
- Globe GC-1B
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Lost Trails
N80970Registration cancelled Nov 19, 2014 · Temco GC-1BAirframe modelTemco GC-1BEngine modelContinental C125 series
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Other investigations on N80970 · 1
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