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MIA79FKG01

1978-10-02 · HAMPTON, Georgia, United States · Serious · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

Historical record (pre-1982 coded fields)

Aircraft
GLOBE SWIFT GC-1B · N78327
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
Takeoff — initial climb (C1)
Operator type
D
Airport
BEAR CREEK
Kind of flying
B0

Weather at impact

Sky
UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED
Wind
120° / 3 kt
Temp
77° F

Aircraft history

Serial number
000000002327
Total time
1,762 hrs

Pilot

Certificate
GA (GA)
Total hours
10,000
Age
54

Cause factors

  • 64/A/29 A
    PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 64/A/24 A
    PILOT IN COMMAND PREMATURE LIFT-OFF Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 88/A/56 A
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS INCORRECT TRIM SETTING Cause — pilot/personnel action

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

Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket 3 3004. Source file NTSB_1978_3_3004.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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