# Accident 19991219046849A: Swftms GC1B, Edgewood, TX, December 19, 1999

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 19, 1999
- Place: Edgewood, TX
- Damage: No damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.6908° N, 95.8822° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Edgewood, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.6908&lon=-95.8822&mi=10
- Aircraft: N80951, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N80951-2000-06-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Globe GC-1B (registry code 9230104, https://openairdocs.org/model/globe-gc-1b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SWFTMS GC1B
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19991219046849A

## Narrative

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

(-23)ON DECEMBER 18, 1999, AT APPROXIMATELY 1620 C.S.T., A GLOBE, MODEL GC-1B, N80951, OWNED AND OPERATED BY THE PILOT, WAS DEMOLISHED WHEN IT IMPACTED THE GROUND FOLLOWING A LOSS OF ENGINE POWER NEAR EDGEWOOD, TEXAS. THE PILOT, SOLE OCCUPANT OF THE AIRCRAFT, WAS FATALLY INJURED.  VMC CONDITIONS.  NO FLIGHT PLAN FILED FOR THE PART 91 FLIGHT WHICH ORIGINATED FROM SULPHUR SPRINGS, TEXAS ABOUT 15 MINUTES PRIOR TO THE ACCIDENT.  A WITNESS STATEMENT OBTAINED, BY OFFICER WIMBERLY OF THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY, FROM MR. DENNIS SHERWOOD REPORTED THAT HE WAS FLYING APPROXIMATELY 43 MILES NORTH OF TERREL, TEXAS WHEN HE HEARD A "MAY DAY" CALL FROM THE PILOT OF A SWIFT AIRPLANE.  THE PILOT OF THE SWIFT INDICATED "ENGINE TROUBLE OR ENGINE FAILURE, 4 MILES NORTH OF CANTON GOING DOWN".  OTHER WITNESSES REPORTED OBSERVING AN AIRPLANE AT A LOW ALTITUDE WITH THE PROPELLER NOT TURNING.  AS THE AIRPLANE, BANKED, THE AIRPLANE DESCENDED NOSE FIRST AND IMPACTED THE GROUND.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

## Other reports on N80951 (1)

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

- [Accident 19740527023469A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740527023469A), May 27, 1974: Univac GC1B (N80951), Metaline Fls, WA, Substantial damage. 1St flt in model since 8/73.hit fence,crashed into lake,plt drowned. Da 3500FT.acft ovr gwt.

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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