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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event CHI71FBM06

1970-08-17 BENTON HARBR, Michigan, United States Serious 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

N90388 Globe GC-1A Serious

Historical record (pre-1982)

NTSB recorded this accident in the pre-1982 coded-field schema — structured fields rather than free-text narrative. Decoded codes use established NTSB single-letter taxonomies; cause factors remain verbatim pending the Form 6120.4 codebook lookup.

Aircraft

GLOBE GC-1A · N90388

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

EE

Operator type

D

Airport

ROSS FIELD

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

310° / 5 kt

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000000402

Total time

790 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

650

Age

46

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

AROUND AFTER PROP HIT RWY.

Investigator remarks

ACFT OBSD FINAL APCH WHEELS UP.PLT INITIATED GO-

Cause factors

64/C/10 C
PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO EXTEND LANDING GEAR Cause
64/B/16 B
PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED
88/L/88 L
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER

Decoded against the NTSB Form 6120.4 cause-factor codebook (ct_Pre1982 table). Each row shows the raw triplet, modifier (Cause / Factor / etc.), category, and specific code.

Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket 3 3379. Source file NTSB_1970_3_3379.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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