Globe GC-1B N7824S

Summary

On 4 December 2021 at about 18:15 local time, a Globe GC-1B registered N7824S was involved in an accident near Bennettsville, South Carolina, United States. One person was on board and one was seriously injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

4 December 2021 at 18:15

Classification

Accident

Location

Bennettsville, South Carolina, United States

Nearest airport

N/A (PVT)

Coordinates

34.7353, -79.6686

Aircraft

Globe GC-1B

Registration

N7824S

Category

Airplane

Year built

1946

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Unknown → Lumberton

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ERA22LA081

1 person was seriously injured.

The pilot’s inadequate preflight planning, resulting in a takeoff attempt from a grass parking area instead of the runway and subsequent impact with a pole.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

The pilot reported that he was taking off from a 2,300-ft-long grass strip. He initiated the takeoff from a 1,000-ft-long parking area that was about 35° off the runway heading, thinking it was the runway. After realizing his error, there was insufficient room to stop, the airplane became airborne, and the left wing impacted the windsock pole, which resulted in structural damage to the wings, fuselage, and empennage, and the pilot sustained a serious injury. The pilot reported that there were no pre-accident mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.