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FTW78FPM10

1978-05-26 · TULSA, Oklahoma, United States · Serious · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Current FAA registration · N5BT

Make / Model
GLOBE GC-1B
Year of manufacture
1946 · 32 years old at event
Engine
CONT MOTOR C145 SERIES (145 hp)
Seats / Engines
2 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19580508
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A63569

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

Historical record (pre-1982 coded fields)

Aircraft
GLOBE SWIFT GC-1B · N5BT
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
Takeoff — initial climb (C1)
Operator type
D
Airport
RIVERSIDE
Kind of flying
DB

Weather at impact

Sky
BROKEN
Wind
170° / 10 kt
Temp
85° F

Aircraft history

Serial number
000000002081
Total time
1,875 hrs

Pilot

Certificate
Commercial — instrument
Total hours
2,210
Age
47

Cause factors

  • 74/C/CH C
    POWERPLANT PUMPS Cause
  • 88/C/95 C
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS MATERIAL FAILURE Cause
  • 88/C/96 C
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FUEL STARVATION Cause

Decoded against the NTSB Form 6120.4 cause-factor codebook (ct_Pre1982 table).

Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket 3 3281. Source file NTSB_1978_3_3281.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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