19931003051309A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Swift Swift S1 · Blairstown, NJ · October 3, 1993

Date
October 3, 1993 · 16:30 local
Place
Blairstown, NJ
Phase of flight
Unauth Low Level Opns
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N818AW
NTSB investigation
NTSBNYC94LA005
Reported as
Swift Swift S1
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
2,000 total37 in this make and model37 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

First flight in type. Encountered downdraft near a ridge. Dropped a wing stalled and spun into trees.

As the FAA filed it

FIRST FLIGHT IN TYPE. ENCOUNTERED DOWNDRAFT NEAR A RIDGE. DROPPED A WING STALLED AND SPUN INTO TREES.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.