# Accident 20031126036089A: Swftms GC1B, Southern Pines, NC, November 26, 2003

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 26, 2003, 15:30 local time
- Place: Southern Pines, NC
- Airport: Moore County
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.2372° N, 79.3911° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.2372&lon=-79.3911&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3210K, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3210K) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Globe GC-1B (registry code 9230104, https://openairdocs.org/model/globe-gc-1b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-300 series (registry code 17022, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SWFTMS GC1B
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 24,000 total, 100 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL04CA041](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL04CA041) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20031126036089A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON NOVEMBER 26, 2003, AT 1530L, A GLOBE SWIFT GC1B, N3210K REGISTERED TO AND OPERATED BY HAROLD E. GARNER HOLDER OF ATP 1177486 GROUND LOOPED DURING LANDING ON RUNWAY 5, AT MOORE COUNTY AIRPORT IN SOUTHERN PINES, NC. THE FLIGHT, BEING OPERATED PART 91, FROM MOORE COUNTY AIRPORT WAS A LOCAL PLEASURE FLIGHT. THE PILOT AND PASSENGER WERE NOT INJURED AND THE AIRPLANE SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE. THE PILOT STATED THAT HE BECAME COMPLACENT DURING LANDING WHICH CAUSED HIM TO LOSE DIRECTIONAL CONTROL AFTER LANDING. HE ALSO STATED THAT THERE WERE NO MECHANICAL OR ENGINE PROBLEMS AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT.

## 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 ATL04CA041](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL04CA041), Nov 26, 2003: Globe Swift GC1B (N3210K), Southern Pines, NC, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain directional control of the airplane during the landing roll, which resulted in an inadvertent ground loop and the collapse of the landing gear.

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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