Globe GC1B N80902

Summary

On 24 May 1985 at about 13:30 local time, a Globe GC1B registered N80902 was involved in an accident near Whitpain, Pennsylvania, United States. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

24 May 1985 at 13:30

Classification

Accident

Location

Whitpain, Pennsylvania, United States

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Globe GC1B

Registration

N80902

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Wings Field → Athens

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

NYC85LA134

Nobody was injured.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

THE ACFT OVERRAN THE END OF THE RWY AND CONTACTED ROUGH TERRAIN DURING TAKEOFF. THE PLT STATED THE ACFT LIFTED OFF APRX 1/2 THE WAY DOWN THE RWY BUT IT DID NOT HAVE ENOUGH AIRSPEED TO ACCELERATE AND CLIMB. THE PLT ATTEMPTED TO ABORT THE TAKEOFF HOWEVER, THE ACFT CONTINUED OFF THE END OF THE RWY.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.