# Incident 20050704018009I: Swftms GC1B, Bridgeport, CT, July 4, 2005

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 4, 2005, 23:15 local time
- Place: Bridgeport, CT
- Airport: Igor I Sikorsky Memorial
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.1635° N, 73.1262° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Igor I Sikorsky Memorial Airport (BDR), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.1635&lon=-73.1262&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3351K, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3351K) (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
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 500 total, 50 in this make and model, 75 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050704018009I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT FLARED HIGH WHILE LANDING RUNWAY 24, BDR. HE REPORTED PROBLEMS WITH NIGHT DEPTH PERCEPTION ON LANDING. BOUNCED AND ATTEMPTED GO-AROUND, IMPACTED RUNWAY, RIGHT MAIN COLLAPSED. AIRCRAFT EXITED LEFT SIDE OF RUNWAY INTO GRASS.

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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