# Accident 19931003051309A: Swift SWIFT S1, Blairstown, NJ, October 3, 1993

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 3, 1993, 16:30 local time
- Place: Blairstown, NJ
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Unauth Low Level Opns
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.9873° N, 74.9547° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Blairstown, NJ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.9873&lon=-74.9547&mi=10
- Aircraft: N818AW (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: SWIFT SWIFT S1
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,000 total, 37 in this make and model, 37 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC94LA005](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC94LA005) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19931003051309A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

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

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB NYC94LA005](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC94LA005), Oct 3, 1993: Swift S-1 (N818AW), Blairstown, NJ, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain adequate airspeed, which resulted in an inadvertent stall. A factor is wind gust and the pilot's inexperience in type aircraft.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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