Globe GC-1B N90333

Summary

On 25 October 1985 at about 14:35 local time, a Globe GC-1B registered N90333 was involved in an accident near Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States. 2 people were on board and one died, one had minor injuries. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

25 October 1985 at 14:35

Classification

Accident

Location

Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States

Nearest airport

Albuguerque Internat'l (ABQ)

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Globe GC-1B

Registration

N90333

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Alamogordo → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

DEN86LA014

1 person died.

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 WIFE OF THE PLT RADIOED HER HUSBAND HAD BECOME INCAPACITATED. TWO FLT INSTRUCTORS DEPARTED IN ANOTHER ACFT TO ASSIST THE NON-RATED WIFE, AFTER BEING CONTACTED BY ALBUQUERQUE APCH CONTROL. THE FLT INSTRUCTORS WERE ABLE TO ASSIST THE NON-RATED WIFE THROUGH RADIO TRANSMISSIONS UNTIL SHE LANDED THE ACFT. EVEN THOUGH THE ACFT RECEIVED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE DURING THE LANDING, THE WIFE WAS NOT INJURED. HER HUSBAND HAD DIED AS A RESULT OF A HEART ATTACK IN FLT. THE PLT WAS OCCUPYING THE LEFT SEAT WHEN HE BECAME UNCONSCIOUS.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.