- Date
- July 13, 1974
- Place
- Plum Island, MA · PLUM ISLAND, MA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N3342KGlobe GC-1B
- Status
- Completed · report July 25, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740713022669A
- Case key
- 173399
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1703 74/7/13 PLUM ISLAND,MASS GLOBE GC-1B CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 46, 960 TIME - 1441 N3342K PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PLUM ISLAND DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PLUM ISLAND,MASS LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: ACROBATICS PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - ATTEMPTED OPERATION BEYOND EXPERIENCE/ABILITY LEVEL PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC. MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - UNWARRANTED LOW FLYING PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED ALTITUDE REMARKS- ACFT OBSVD PERFORMING AEROBATIC MANEUVERS AT EST ALT 3-500FT AGL.VCNTY PLUM ISLAND ARPT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3342K
- Reported as
- Globe GC-1B
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Plum Island
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.