# Accident 20010812020799A: Swftms GC1B, Traverse City, MI, August 12, 2001

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 12, 2001, 15:58 local time
- Place: Traverse City, MI
- Airport: Cherry Capital
- Damage: No damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.7591° N, 85.6991° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.7591&lon=-85.6991&mi=10
- Aircraft: N80917 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: SWFTMS GC1B
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI01LA279](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI01LA279) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010812020799A

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE AIRCRAFT APPROACHED TO LAND RWY 28 AT TVC AND DID NOT HAVE GEAR DOWN INDICATION LIGHTS. THE TOWER TOLD THE PILOT THAT THE GEAR APPEARED TO BE DOWN. THE PILOT DID NOT ATTEMPT TO USE THE GEAR EMERGENCY EXTEND SYSTEM. THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR COLLAPSED AFTER LANDING. THE AIRCRAFT SLID TO THE RIGHT AND THE RIGHT WING IMPACTED A RUNWAY LIGHT. DAMAGE OCCURRED TO THE RIGHT WING STRUCTURE, WING TIP, AILERON HINGE SUPPORTS, LOWER COWLING AND PROP. (.19) ON AUGUST 12, 2001, AT 1558 EASTERN DAYLIGHT TIME, A GLOBE GC-1B, N80917, OWNED AND PILOTED BY AN AIRLINE TRANSPORT PILOT, SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE WHEN THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED WHILE LANDING ON RUNWAY 28 (6,501 FEET BY 150 FEET, DRY ASPHALT), AT THE CHERRY CAPITAL AIRPORT, TRAVERSE CITY, MICHIGAN. THE 14 CFR PART 91 PERSONAL FLIGHT WAS OPERATING IN VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS AND WAS NOT ON A FLIGHT PLAN. THE PILOT, WHO WAS THE SOLE OCCUPANT, REPORTED NO INJURIES. THE LOCAL FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT AN UNDETERMINED TIME.

## 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 CHI01LA279](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI01LA279), Aug 12, 2001: Globe GC-1B (N80917), Traverse City, MI, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot not following the emergency landing gear extension procedures. Factors were the failure of the hydraulic motor, and the landing gear locks not engaged.

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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