# Accident 19990724009699A: Swftms GC1B, Spokane, WA, July 24, 1999

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 24, 1999, 06:57 local time
- Place: Spokane, WA
- Airport: Felts Field Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 47.6829° N, 117.3224° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FELTS FLD (SFF), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.6829&lon=-117.3224&mi=10
- Aircraft: N80622, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N80622) (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
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA99LA128](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA99LA128) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990724009699A

## Narrative

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

ACFT GROUND-LOOPED ON LANDING AND RAN OFF THE RWY. (-23)LANDING APPROACH WAS NORMAL.  TOUCHED DOWN, RIGHT WING LIFTED, TOUCHED DOWN AGAIN STARTED TO SWERVE RIGHT.  A/C DEPARTED RUNWAY (MISSED RUNWAY EDGE LIGHTS) WITH BOTH MAINS SKIDDING.  LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED (BOTH TO RIGHT SIDE OF A/C) WHEN TIRES LEFT PAVEMENT AND UNCOUNTERED DIRT AT RUNWAY EDGE.  PROPELLER MARKS AND RIGHT MAIN SKID MARKS IN DIRT ARE CO-LOCATED INDICATING SKID ANGLE APPROXIMATELY 35-40 DEGREES FROM A/C CENTERLINE.  NO POST FIRE.

## 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 SEA99LA128](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA99LA128), Jul 24, 1999: Globe GC-1B (N80622), Spokane, WA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain directional control. A related factor was the pilot's lack of experience in tailwheel aircraft.

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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