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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event FTW71DQG26

1970-08-08 BIG SPRING, Texas, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N78118

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

GLOBE GC-1B

Engine

CONT MOTOR C125 SERIES (125 hp)

Seats / Engines

2 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19560116

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S AA96D9

Registrant of record

CUBSWIFT LLC

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N78118 Globe GC-1B None

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-1B · N78118

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Takeoff — initial climb (C1)

Operator type

D

Airport

HOWARD COUNTY

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000002118

Total time

1,064 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial

Total hours

1,385

Age

27

Investigator remarks

AFT PLT RETRACTED GR,ACFT SETTLED BACK ONTO RWY.

Cause factors

64/A/24 A
PILOT IN COMMAND PREMATURE LIFT-OFF Cause — pilot/personnel action
64/A/12 A
PILOT IN COMMAND RETRACTED GEAR PREMATURELY Cause — pilot/personnel action

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 3411. Source file NTSB_1970_3_3411.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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