# Incident 20050304014209I: Swftms GC1B, Paoli, IN, March 4, 2005

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 4, 2005, 14:30 local time
- Place: Paoli, IN
- Airport: Paoli Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.5848° N, 86.4649° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PAOLI MUNI (I42), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.5848&lon=-86.4649&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2328B, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2328B) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Temco GC-1B (registry code 9230108, https://openairdocs.org/model/temco-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: LYC O320*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,800 total, 600 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050304014209I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT AND PASSENGER DEPARTED BOWMAN FIELD ON A VFR RETURN FLIGHT TO PAOLI MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (I42). REPORTED WINDS AT DEPARTURE AIRPORT WERE 270/16G23. PILOT REPORTED ENCOUNTERING GUSTY CROSSWINDS ON FINAL APPROACH AND LANDING AT I42, BUT EXPERIENCED NO DIFFICULTY IN ALIGNING THE AIRCRAFT FOR LANDING ON RUNWAY 20. IMMEDIATELY AFTER TOUCHDOWN DURING THE LANDING ROLL THE PILOT ENCOUNTERED STRONG GUSTY WINDS RESULTING IN A GROUND LOOP WITH THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTING THE RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCED MINOR DAMAGE CONFINED TO THE PROP AND RIGHT LANDING GEAR STRUT. THERE ARE NO REPORTED INJURIES.

## Other reports on N2328B (1)

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

- [Incident 19930407015809I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930407015809I), Apr 7, 1993: Univac GC1B (N2328B), Wilmington, DE, Minor damage. Pilot over corrected for wind. Imposed side load on gear. Right main gear collapsed.

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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