- Date
- November 25, 1984, 16:15 local (22:15 UTC)
- Place
- Fulton, MO
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N78247Temco GC-1B Swift
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19841125063269A
- Case key
- 33893
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Analysis
The acft left the rwy collided with a pile of brush and nosed over during takeoff. A x-wind of 90 degrees at 8-14 KTS affected the takeoff. The plt said he delayed the abort too long after the acft started heading off the rwy thinking he could become airborne.
Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N78247
- Reported as
- Temco GC-1B Swift (GC-1B SWIF)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 2247
- Airframe hours
- 1,625
- Engine
- Continental C-125-2, 125 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- James Merciel
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 6, 1984 · 61 hours before
- Departed
- H65 · Fulton, MO
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
- 32
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 739 total · 61 in this make and model · 708 as pilot in command · 43 in the last 90 days · 9 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- 130° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 55 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- COU, 10 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.
Other investigations on N78247 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.