- Date
- September 4, 1971
- Place
- Kailua-Kna, HI · KAILUA-KNA, HI
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N78250Globe GC-1B
- Status
- Completed · report February 28, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 201419
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2308 71/9/4 NR.KAILUA-KNA,HAWAII GLOBE GC-1B CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 25, 204 TIME - 0700 N78250 PX- 0 1 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 76 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION KAHULUI,MAUI,HAWAII KAILUA-KNA,HAWAII TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE DITCHING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL EXHAUSTION FACTOR(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: NORMAL RETRACTION/EXTENSION ASSEMBLY MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON WATER REMARKS- DID NOT REFUEL AT NITE STOP-OVER,MAUI.SURVIVOR STATED GR MALF,DWN DRG DITCHING.ACFT SANK.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N78250
- Reported as
- Globe GC-1B
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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