Globe GLOBE GC-1A N80532

Summary

On 8 June 1987 at about 00:54 local time, a Globe GLOBE GC-1A registered N80532, operated by Byron D.weakly, was involved in an accident near Pleasant View, Tennessee, United States. 2 people were on board and one died, one had minor injuries. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

8 June 1987 at 00:54

Classification

Accident

Location

Pleasant View, Tennessee, United States

Coordinates

36.3690, -87.0394

Aircraft

Globe GLOBE GC-1A

Registration

N80532

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Byron D.weakly

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ATL87FA160

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

UPON RETURNING FROM A SHORT LOCAL AREA FLIGHT THE AIRCRAFT WAS OBSERVED AS IT BUZZED THE OWNERS PRIVATE AIRSTRIP, WHERE THE PASSENGER WAVED TO HIS FAMILY. THE PLT PULLED UP SHARPLY AND MADE ANOTHER LOW PASS. THIS PULLUP WAS STRAIGHT AHEAD. THE CLIMB PEAKED THEN THE AIRCRAFT NOSED OVER AND DESCENDED UNTIL STRIKING A HOUSE ABOUT A MILE FROM THE AIRSTRIP. BOTH HOUSE AND AIRCRAFT WERE DESTROYED BY IMPACT AND FIRE. BOTH PASSES OVER THE AIRSTRIP WERE DOWNWIND.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.