# Accident 20000701008849A: Swftms GC1B, Los Angeles, CA, July 1, 2000

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 1, 2000, 14:30 local time
- Place: Los Angeles, CA
- Airport: Whiteman Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.2495° N, 118.4105° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.2495&lon=-118.4105&mi=10
- Aircraft: N80710, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N80710) (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: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 175 total, 69 in this make and model, 17 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX00LA249](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX00LA249) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000701008849A

## Narrative

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

(-23)THE PILOT EXPERIENCED A BOUNCE ON LANDING. HE ATTEMPTED TO CORRECT FOR THE BOUNCE AND MADE THE SITUATION WORSE. HE THEN DECIDED TO REJECT THE LANDING. DURING THE GO-AROUND MANUEAVER, HE REALIZED THAT THE OBSTACLES AT THE END OF THE FIELD WERE GETTING CLOSER AND THE AIRPLANE MIGHT NOT CLEAR THEM. HE THEN REDUCED THE POWER TO IDLE AND LANDED ON THE TAXIWAY AT AN ANGLE TO THE RUNWAY. THE A/C STRUCK THE AIRPORT BOUNCARY FENCE WHERE THE AIRPLANE SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO BOTH WINGS AND FUSELAGE. THE PILOT APPEARS TO HAVE HAD SUFFICIENT INSTRUCTION IN THE A/C. ENOUGH WIND EXISTED AT THE TIME OF LANDING TO MAKE A FINDING OF LACK OF PROFICIENCY QUESTIONABLE. THE PILOT WAS COUNSELED ON THE BENEFITS OF MAKING A GO-AROUND DECISION AS EARLY AS POSSIBLE TO AVOID THE SITUATION WHICH WAS ENCOUNTERED HERE. (.4) ON JULY 1, 2000, ABOUT 1430 HOURS PACIFIC DAYLIGHT TIME, A GLOBE SWIFT GC-1B, N80710, SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE WHEN IT VEERED OFF THE RUNWAY AND COLLIDED WITH A FENCE DURING LANDING AT WHITEMAN FIELD, PACOIMA, CALIFORNIA. THE PRIVATE PILOT/OWNER WAS OPERATING THE AIRPLANE UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF 14 CFR PART 91. THE PILOT AND ONE PASSENGER WERE NOT INJURED. THE PER            SONAL FLIGHT DEPARTED WHITEMAN FIELD ABOUT 1300. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE PILOT STATED THE APPROACH TO LANDING WAS NORMAL BUT THE AIRPLANE BOUNCED WHEN HE ATTEMPTED A WHEEL LANDING. HE APPLIED SOME POWER TO SOFTEN THE NEXT TOUCHDOWN, BUT THE AIRPLANE BOUNCED AGAIN AND DRIFTED OVER THE MEDIAN BETWEEN THE RUNWAY AND THE TAXIWAY. HE ATTEMPTED TO GO AROUND BY ADDING FULL POWER BUT THE AIRPLANE CONTINUED TO DRIFT LEFT. HE SAID HIS AIRSPEED WAS TOO LOW TO GO AROUND. ONCE HE CLEARED A ROW OF PARKED AIRPLANES, HE ATTEMPTED TO LAND ON A TAXIWAY. THE LEFT WING CONTACTED A CHAIN LINK FENCE AND TREES SPINNING THE AIRPLANE INTO THE TREES.

## 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 LAX00LA249](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX00LA249), Jul 1, 2000: Globe GC-1B (N80710), Pacoima, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: the pilot's failure to recover from a bounced landing.

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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