# Incident 19990710018859I: Swftms GC1B, St Petersburg-C, FL, July 10, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 10, 1999, 11:30 local time
- Place: St Petersburg-C, FL
- Airport: St Petersburg-Clearwater International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 27.9102° N, 82.6874° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at St. Petersburg Clearwater International Airport (PIE), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.9102&lon=-82.6874&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3721K, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3721K-2011-08-31) (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
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990710018859I

## Narrative

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

(-5)ON JULY 12, 1999, AT 11:30 EDT A GLOBE SWIFT, N3721K, REGISTERED TO MR. CURTIS A. VAULDINE, COLLIDED WITH THE GROUND AT ST. PETERSBURG AIRPORT (PIE), ST. PETERSBURG, FLORIDA WHILE LANDING ON A 14 CFR PART 91 FLIGHT. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME.  THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE WITH NO INJURES TO THE PILOT.  THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED IN ST. PETERSBURG.  THE PILOT IN COMMAND STATED HE WAS LANDING AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS HEADING TO THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY, HE APPLIED LEFT RUDDER AND CONTINUED HEADING TO THE RIGHT.  THE PILOT CLAIMS THE AIRCRAFT WAS ALMOST AT A STOP AND HE APPLIED THE LEFT BRAKE AND THE AIRCRAFT NOSED OVER AND THE PROPELLER STRUCK THE GROUND.  THERE IS SOME DAMAGE TO THE COWLING AND THE PROBELLER, WHICH IS MADE OF WOOD, IS DAMAGED. THE PILOT IN COMMAND DID NOT HAVE A CURRENT MEDICAL CERTIFICATE, NOR DID HE HAVE A CURRENT BIENNIAL FLIGHT REVIEW.

## Other reports on N3721K (2)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 20030920024309A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030920024309A), Sep 20, 2003: Swftms GC1B (N3721K), Summerville, SC, Substantial damage. (-23) Aircraft pilot performed an emergency landing on a dirt road approximately 11 miles northwest of the charleston VOR after loss of engine power. Aircraft…
- [Incident 19810509040449I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810509040449I), May 9, 1981: Univac GC1* (N3721K), Clearwater, FL, Minor damage. Pilot did not get an up indication when gear retracted. Recycle no help. Right gear folded. Actuator found broken.

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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