# Incident 19990412039299I: Swftms GC1B, Macon, GA, April 12, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 12, 1999, 13:00 local time
- Place: Macon, GA
- Airport: Lewis B Wilson
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.8407° N, 83.6324° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Macon, GA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.8407&lon=-83.6324&mi=10
- Aircraft: N77757, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N77757) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Globe GC-1B (registry code 9230104, https://openairdocs.org/model/globe-gc-1b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental C125 series (registry code 17011, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c125-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SWFTMS GC1B
- Pilot flight hours: 584 total, 30 in this make and model, 7 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990412039299I

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT N77757 EN ROUTE TO LAKELAND, FLORIDA, (SUN&FUN) LANDED AT MIDDLE GEORGIA MACON, FEORGIA, ON TAXI OUT THE PILOT ACCIDENTLY PULLED THE GEAR HANDLE UP INSTEAD OF THE FLAP HANDLE. THE LEFT GEAR SLOWLY RETRACTED CAUSING MINOR DAMAGE TO THE LEFT GEAR AND THE PROPELLER.  CONTACT WITH LOWS AVIATION, MACON A&P MECHANIC NICK PORECL #256927943, AS TO THE DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT, HE STATED THAT THE LEFT GEAR AND PROPELLER HAD SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE.AIRCRAFT IS IN CURRECT INSPECTION STATUS AND PILOT INFORMATION AND CERTIFICATES CHECK.

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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