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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Swftms GC-1B · Faribault, MN · July 13, 2003

Date: July 13, 2003 · 13:50 local
Place: Faribault, MN
Airport: Faribault Municipal Airport
Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N3248K
Reported as: Swftms GC1B
Reported engine: Continental IO360*
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 1,700 total1,200 in this make and model

N3248KRegistered now · Globe GC-1BS/N 1241 · Built 1946 Airframe modelGlobe GC-1B Engine modelContinental 0-300 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

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(-23) On July 13, 2003, at approximately 1350 hours central daylight time a globe swift, GC-1-B aircraft owned and operated by howard h. hanson, ground looped while attempting to land at Faribault Municipal Airport, Faribault, MN. The incident occurred during a pleasure flight, and VFR conditions prevailed. No flight plan was filed, and the flight reportedly originated at webster, MN. The aircraft sustained minor damage to the right main landing gear and attach point and to the left main landing gear. The pilot, the sole occupant of the aircraft, was not injured. The pilot holds a single-engine land, private pilot certificate.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) ON JULY 13, 2003, AT APPROXIMATELY 1350 HOURS CENTRAL DAYLIGHT TIME A GLOBE SWIFT, GC-1-B AIRCRAFT OWNED AND OPERATED BY HOWARD H. HANSON, GROUND LOOPED WHILE ATTEMPTING TO LAND AT FARIBAULT MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, FARIBAULT, MN. THE INCIDENT OCCURRED DURING A PLEASURE FLIGHT, AND VFR CONDITIONS PREVAILED. NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED, AND THE FLIGHT REPORTEDLY ORIGINATED AT WEBSTER, MN. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE TO THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR AND ATTACH POINT AND TO THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR. THE PILOT, THE SOLE OCCUPANT OF THE AIRCRAFT, WAS NOT INJURED. THE PILOT HOLDS A SINGLE-ENGINE LAND, PRIVATE PILOT CERTIFICATE.