- Date
- November 27, 1984, 17:00 local (22:00 UTC)
- Place
- Millbrook, NY
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N3709KGlobe GC-1B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Not reported
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19841127070469A
- Case key
- 35655
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
Plt stated that while taxiing off the runway onto the taxiway, a gust of wind caused the acft to drift left. Plt stated he over corrected with rudder and power; acft swerved right, off the narrow prepared surface and down a steep embankment.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3709K
- Reported as
- Globe GC-1B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 1402
- Airframe hours
- 2,250
- Engine
- Continental C-125-2, 125 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Alexanderson, Carl I.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · June 16, 1984 · 4 hours before
- Airport
- 44N · Sky Acres, runway 17, 3,885 × 20 ft, asphalt
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
- 60
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 420 total · 420 in this make and model · 313 as pilot in command · 2 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Not reported
- Wind
- 180° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 57 °F, dew point 37 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.