# Incident 19990610006759I: Swftms GC1B, Fort Smith, AR, June 10, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 10, 1999, 17:50 local time
- Place: Fort Smith, AR
- Airport: Fort Smith Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.3366° N, 94.3661° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FORT SMITH RGNL (FSM), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.3366&lon=-94.3661&mi=10
- Aircraft: N78104, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N78104) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Globe GC-1B (registry code 9230104, https://openairdocs.org/model/globe-gc-1b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental C145 series (registry code 17012, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c145-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SWFTMS GC1B
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,671 total, 706 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990610006759I

## Narrative

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

ACFT LOST POWER ON FINAL APPROACH AND LANDED SHORT OF RWY 25, OTHER CIRCUMSTANCES ARE UNKNOWN. (-23) ON JUNE 10, 1999, AT 1750 CST, A SINGLE ENGINE AIRCRAFT, GLOBE SWITF, MODEL GC-1B, N87104, OPERATED BY HOMER G. ELLIS, PILOT IN COMMAND, LANDED ABOUT 1800 FEET SHORT OF INTENDED RUNWAY AT FORT SMITH AIRPORT, (FSM). THE ENGINE POWER QUIT DURING FINAL APPROACH TO RUNWAY 25. THE PLEASURE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM JONESBORO, ARKANSAS. THE COMMERCIAL PILOT AVOIDED INSTRUMENT LANDING LIGHTS DURING ATTEMPTED LANDING AND SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE TO BOTH MAIN AND NOSE LANDING GEAR AND MINOR DAMAGE TO THE UNDER CARRIAGE AND PROP. NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. NO INJURIES AND NO PASSENGERS ON BOARD. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED. INVESTIGATION OF POWER LOST WILL CONTINUE WITH THE INSURANCE COMPANY INVOLVED.

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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