NTSB CAROL · Event
Event FTW66F0627
Registry · N78136
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
GLOBE GC-1B
Year of manufacture
1946 · 20 years old at event
Engine
CONT MOTOR C125 SERIES (125 hp)
Seats / Engines
2 seats · 1 engine
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S AA971D
Registrant of record
STEINBOCK RICHARD J
Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).
Aircraft involved
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
GLOVE GC1B · N78136
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Phase of flight
Takeoff — initial climb (C1)
Operator type
D
Kind of flying
B0
Weather at impact
Sky
CLEAR
Wind
240° / 14 kt
Temp
72° F
Aircraft history
Total time
626 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial — instrument
Total hours
2,568
Age
38
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
EEN
Investigator remarks
OFF AIRPORT OPERATION.RUST PARTICLES IN FUEL SCR
Cause factors
- 88/C/96 C MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FUEL STARVATION Cause
- 88/C/64 C MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FUEL CONTAMINATION-EXCLUSIVE OF WATER IN FUEL Cause
- 84/C/G C MISCELLANEOUS FOREIGN MATERIAL AFFECTING NORMAL OPERATIONS Cause
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 0932.
Source file
NTSB_1966_3_0932.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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