# Accident 19980330005889A: Swftms GC1B, Milton, DE, March 30, 1998

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 30, 1998, 11:00 local time
- Place: Milton, DE
- Airport: Eagle Crest-Hudson Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.7695° N, 75.3090° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.7695&lon=-75.3090&mi=10
- Aircraft: N10JN (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: SWFTMS GC1B
- Reported engine: CONT C1252
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,870 total, 19 in this make and model, 58 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC98LA086](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC98LA086) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980330005889A

## Narrative

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

FLARED HIGH IN CROSSWIND LANDING. S TAILED AND DROPPED TO RUNWAY.  FAILED TO ADD POWER AND OR GO AROUND. (.19)  ON MARCH 30, 1998, ABOUT 1100 EASTERN STANDARD TIME, A GLOBE SWIFT, N10JN, WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED DURING LANDING AT EAGLE CREST-HUDSON AIRPORT (DE25), MILTON, DELAWARE.  NEITHER THE CERTIFICATED COMMERCIAL PILOT NOR THE PASSENGER WERE INJURED.  VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED.  NO FLIGHT PLAN HAD BEEN FILED FOR THE LOCAL FLIGHT CONDUCTED UNDER 14 CFR 91. THE PILOT WROTE THAT HE WAS IN THE LANDING FLARE TO RUNWAY 32 WITH WINDS FROM 230 DEGREES, VARIABLE 200 TO 250 DEGREES AT 7 TO 10 KNOTS.  HE LEVELED OFF THE AIRPLANE AND, "THE NEXT THING I KNEW, THE A/C [AIRPLANE] DROPPED STRAIGHT DOWN, AND IMPACTED THE RW [RUNWAY]."  THE AIRPLANE THEN VEERED OFF THE RUNWAY TO THE RIGHT AND NOSED OVER. THE PILOT FURTHER WROTE: "IN HINDSIGHT, THE A/C STALLED ABOUT 10 FEET ABOVE THE RW...I HAD NO WARNING THAT THE A/C WAS GOING TO STALL, AND THE AIRSPEED DIDN'T SEEM THAT SLOW." A FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION INSPECTOR STATED THAT, DURING AN INTERVIEW, THE PILOT SAID THE ENGINE WAS OPERATING AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT.  THE INSPECTOR ALSO STATED THAT SHE OBSERVED THE PROPEL LER TIPS TO BE CURLED, AND THAT THE FUEL GAUGES INDICATED THE PRESENCE OF FUEL. THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR WAS BROKEN AND DRIVEN UP INTO THE WING.  (.4)DURING THE LANDING FLARE, THE AIRPLANE DROPPED FROM ABOUT 10 FEET ABOVE THE RUNWAY AND LANDED HARD. THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR BROKE AND PENETRATED THE WING.                                                               (-23)ON LANDING , THE AIRCRAFT STALLED APPROXIMATELY 10 FT ABOVE THE GROUND.  ON IMPACT, THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR WAS DAMAGED, CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO SWERVE TO THE RIGHT AND TO NOSE OVER WHILE COMING TO A STOP.

## 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 NYC98LA086](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC98LA086), Mar 30, 1998: Globe Swift (N10JN), Milton, DE, substantial damage. Probable cause: improper flare by the pilot, which resulted in a hard landing.

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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