# Accident 20030920024309A: Swftms GC1B, Summerville, SC, September 20, 2003

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 20, 2003, 11:15 local time
- Place: Summerville, SC
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.0581° N, 80.2742° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.0581&lon=-80.2742&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3721K, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3721K-2011-08-31) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Globe GC-1B (registry code 9230104, https://openairdocs.org/model/globe-gc-1b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental C125 series (registry code 17011, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c125-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SWFTMS GC1B
- Reported engine: CONT C1252
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 721 total, 21 in this make and model, 31 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL03LA143](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL03LA143) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030920024309A

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRCRAFT PILOT PERFORMED AN EMERGENCY LANDING ON A DIRT ROAD APPROXIMATELY 11 MILES NORTHWEST OF THE CHARLESTON VOR AFTER LOSS OF ENGINE POWER. AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MAJOR DAMAGE. THERE WERE 2 PEOPLE ON BOARD, AND THEY RECEIVED NO INJURIES.

## 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 ATL03LA143](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL03LA143), Sep 20, 2003: Globe GC-1B (N3721K), Summerville, SC, substantial damage. Probable cause: A loss of engine power due to the failure of the engine # 6 connecting rod bearing. A factor was the collision with a gate.

## Other reports on N3721K (2)

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

- [Incident 19990710018859I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990710018859I), Jul 10, 1999: Swftms GC1B (N3721K), St Petersburg-C, FL, Minor damage. (-5)On July 12, 1999, at 11:30 EDT a globe swift, N3721K, registered to Mr. Curtis a. vauldine, collided with the ground at st. Petersburg airport (pie), st.…
- [Incident 19810509040449I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810509040449I), May 9, 1981: Univac GC1* (N3721K), Clearwater, FL, Minor damage. Pilot did not get an up indication when gear retracted. Recycle no help. Right gear folded. Actuator found broken.

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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