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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event MIA78DKG27

1978-03-19 STONE MOUNTAIN, Georgia, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N80956

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

GLOBE GC-1B

Seats / Engines

2 seats · 1 engine

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S AB0672

Registrant of record

BRIAN ENGINEERING & CONSULTING PLLC

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N80956 Globe GC-1A 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-1A · N80956

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Cruise — descent (EF)

Operator type

D

Airport

STONE MOUNTAIN

Kind of flying

B0

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

270° / 10 kt

Aircraft history

Serial number

000000001149

Total time

1,273 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial

Total hours

682

Age

41

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

NG TO 15KTS.

Investigator remarks

PARKED A/C N91583 STRUCK,MINOR DAMAGE.WIND GUSTI

Cause factors

64/C/79 C
PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL Cause
82/L/H L
WEATHER UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS

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 0452. Source file NTSB_1978_3_0452.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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