Globe GC-1B N78143

Summary

On 18 May 1988 at about 00:16 local time, a Globe GC-1B registered N78143, operated by Richard M. Maginn, was involved in an accident near Powderly, Texas, United States. One person was on board and one was seriously injured. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

18 May 1988 at 00:16

Classification

Accident

Location

Powderly, Texas, United States

Nearest airport

Powderly (44F)

Coordinates

33.7697, -95.5297

Aircraft

Globe GC-1B

Registration

N78143

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Richard M. Maginn

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

FTW88FA103

1 person was seriously 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 AIRPLANE HAD NOT BEEN FLOWN FOR MORE THAN SEVEN MONTHS. IT DID NOT HAVE A CURRENT ANNUAL INSPECTION. WITNESSES SAID THE PILOT RAN THE ENGINE AND IT RAN ROUGH. THEN HE WASHED THE AIRPLANE, THEN REFUELED, DRAINED THE SUMPS AND RAN THE ENGINE AGAIN AT THE END OF THE RUNWAY. THE AIRPORT MANAGER SAID HE THOUGHT THE PILOT WAS ONLY GOING TO MAKE A HIGH SPEED TAXI BECAUSE THE ENGINE WAS RUNNING SO BAD. THE AIRPLANE LIFTED OFF BUT DID NOT CLIMB. IT HIT A TREE, THEN A HIGH VOLTAGE POWER LINE, THEN THE TERRAIN AND A PORCH OF A HOUSE AND STARTED BURNING. SOME SPARK PLUGS WERE DIRTY AND WATER WAS FOUND IN THE CARBURETOR FLOAT CHAMBER. THE PLASTIC CARBURETOR FLOAT WAS CRACKED OPEN.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.