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FAA incident report · Swftms GC-1B · Hollywood, FL · April 7, 1998

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Date
April 7, 1998 · 18:06 local
Place
Hollywood, FL
Airport
North Perry Airport
Phase of flight
Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N80913
Reported as
Swftms GC1B
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
N80913Registered now · Globe GC-1BS/N 1106 · Built 1946Airframe modelGlobe GC-1BEngine modelContinental C125 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

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

Narrative: examined aircraft. Left wing minor abrasions. Exhaust pipes bent up. Sheetmetal damaged of 5 panels on belly of the fuselage. Propeller tips curled. See ASI record of conversation dated 4/10/98. See 2 attached statement of pilot dated April 7th & 10th, 1998, indicates pilot's knee inadvertently hit the landing gear lever positioning it so that when the flap knob was adjusted to return the flaps to normal also put hydraulic fluid to the landing gear. The landing gear retracted. The landing gear lever had excessive play.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: EXAMINED AIRCRAFT. LEFT WING MINOR ABRASIONS. EXHAUST PIPES BENT UP. SHEETMETAL DAMAGED OF 5 PANELS ON BELLY OF THE FUSELAGE. PROPELLER TIPS CURLED. SEE ASI RECORD OF CONVERSATION DATED 4/10/98. SEE 2 ATTACHED STATEMENT OF PILOT DATED APRIL 7TH & 10TH, 1998, INDICATES PILOT'S KNEE INADVERTENTLY HIT THE LANDING GEAR LEVER POSITIONING IT SO THAT WHEN THE FLAP KNOB WAS ADJUSTED TO RETURN THE FLAPS TO NORMAL ALSO PUT HYDRAULIC FLUID TO THE LANDING GEAR. THE LANDING GEAR RETRACTED. THE LANDING GEAR LEVER HAD EXCESSIVE PLAY.