# Incident 19970324007039I: Swift SWIFT S1, El Cajon, CA, March 24, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 24, 1997, 17:00 local time
- Place: El Cajon, CA
- Airport: Gillespie Field Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.8262° N, 116.9724° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GILLESPIE FLD (SEE), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.8262&lon=-116.9724&mi=10
- Aircraft: N369BZ (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: SWIFT SWIFT S1
- Reported engine: CONT IO360A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,900 total, 48 in this make and model, 210 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970324007039I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: PILOT STATED THAT HE DEPARTED CORONA, CALIFORNIA AND FLEW UNEVENTFULLY TO EL CAJON. UPON LANDING ATTEMPT ON RUNWAY 27R THE PILOT EXPERIENCED A SIGNIFICANT LEFT CROSS WIND. THE PILOT (WHO HAD OVER 700 HOURS HAS TAIL WHEEL TIME) TRIED TO COMPENSATE W/AILERON & RUDDER & BRAKE APPLICATION. HOWEVER, THE SHORT COUPLED TAIL WHEEL A/C STARTED TO GROUND LOOP & VEERED LEFT OFF THE RUNWAY NEAR TAXIWAY "BRAVO". THE A/C HIT A TAXIWAY SIGN WHICH CAUSED THE LEFT & RIGHT LANDING GEAR TO COLLAPSE. THE PROPELLER STRUCK THE GROUND. DAMAGE TO THE A/C WAS LIMITED TO MINOR SHEET METAL DAMAGE TO THE LOWER FUSELAGE. THE PILOT & HIS PASSENGER WERE NOT INJURED. THIS INCIDENT IS NOT RELATED TO ANY NMAC OR PILOT DEVIATIONS REPORTED BY ATC.

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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