- Date
- April 27, 1968
- Place
- Titusville, PA · TITUSVILLE, PA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N78063Globe GC-1B
- Status
- Completed · report August 8, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 110916
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1778 68/4/27 TITUSVILLE,PA GLOBE GC-1B CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL NO CERTIFICATE, AGE 35, TIME - 1600 N78063 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP 33 TOTAL HOURS, 5 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - TITUSVILLE TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: IMPROPERLY SERVICED AIRCRAFT (OWNER-PILOT) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL GRADE-IMPROPER FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- FUEL TK CONTAINED LOW GRADE AUTO FUEL.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N78063
- Reported as
- Globe GC-1B
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Titusville
N78063Registration cancelled Feb 27, 2013 · Globe GC-1BAirframe modelGlobe GC-1BEngine modelContinental C125 series
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