# Accident 20050525024189A: Swftms GC1B, Morris, IL, May 25, 2005

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 25, 2005, 13:45 local time
- Place: Morris, IL
- Airport: Morris Municipal Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Aborted (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.4256° N, 88.4186° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.4256&lon=-88.4186&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3875K, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3875K) (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: CONT C125*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 400 total, 250 in this make and model, 2 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI05CA134](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI05CA134) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050525024189A

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT ATTEMPTED TO TAKE OFF ON RUNWAY 36 AT MORRIS, IL (C09) AIRPORT. AIRCRAFT STARTED TO ROTATE FOR TAKE OFF AT APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH. PILOT CLAIMS HE WAS STRAPPED INTO SEAT (SHOULDER HARNESS) AND PILOT SEAT SLIPPED BACK ON THE SEAT RAILS TO FULL AFT POSITION AND HE COULD NOT REACH ANY FLIGHT CONTROLS. THE AIRCRAFT SETTLED TO THE GROUND, THEN DEPARTED TO THE LEFT SIDE OF RUNWAY. IT THEN RE-ENTERED THE RUNWAY SEVERING THE LANDING GEAR. IT SKIDDED TO A STOP ABOUT ONE-THIRD OF THE WAY DOWN THE RUNWAY. A TAXIWAY LIGHT WAS BROKEN BY THE AIRCRAFT. A SIDE LOAD ON BOTH LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED THE GEAR TOWARD THE RIGHT SIDE. DAMAGE WAS INCURRED ON THE RIGHT WING FROM THE LANDING GEAR PUNCHING UP FROM THE BOTTOM.

## 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 CHI05CA134](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI05CA134), May 25, 2005: Temco GC-1B (N3875K), Morris, IL, substantial damage. Probable cause: Malfunction of the pilot seat positioning mechanism for undetermined reasons resulting in a loss of aircraft control. The runway light struck when the airplane departed the pavement was a…

## Other reports on N3875K (1)

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

- [Incident 19970510014999I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970510014999I), May 10, 1997: Univac GC1B (N3875K), Romeoville, IL, Minor damage. Narrative: PIC of N3875K landed with the gear retracted on runway 27 at Lewis University Airport, Romeoville, IL. PIC stated that he forgot to extend 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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