# Accident 20050806017499A: Swftms GC1B, Cypress, TX, August 6, 2005

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 6, 2005, 16:48 local time
- Place: Cypress, TX
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.9725° N, 95.7219° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.9725&lon=-95.7219&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3209K, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3209K-2018-05-03) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Globe GC-1B (registry code 9230104, https://openairdocs.org/model/globe-gc-1b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental C145 series (registry code 17012, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c145-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SWFTMS GC1B
- Reported engine: CONT IO360DB
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 628 total, 120 in this make and model, 35 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DFW05FA204](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW05FA204) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050806017499A

## Narrative

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

(-23) BOTH OCCUPANTS WERE FATALLY INJURED, AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED, WHEN THE VINTAGE 1946 GLOBE SWIFT GC-1-B CRASHED ON A LOCAL PLEASURE FLIGHT WITH THE PRIVATE PILOT OWNER FLYING, AND A NON-PILOT FAMILY MEMBER AS THE ONLY PASSENGER. THERE WAS NO FIRE. NTAP RADAR DATA SHOWED THE AIRCRAFT IN AN APPROXIMATELY STANDARD RATE LEFT TURN AT APPROXIMATELY 2,000 FEET ALTITUDE, WHEN THE LAST THREE NTAP HITS SHOWED THE AIRCRAFT ALTITUDE AS 019 THEN 021 THEN 018. ONE EYEWITNESS SAID HE SAW THE AIRCRAFT IN AN "ABSOLUTE VERTICAL..STRAIGHT NOSE DOWN DIVE", HOWEVER THE EVIDENCE AT THE ACCIDENT SCENE SHOWED THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK THE GROUND ALMOST FLAT, STRAIGHT DOWN, WITH NO FORWARD SPEED, IN AN APPROXIMATE 5 DEGREE NOSE DOWN/5 DEGREE LEFT WING DOWN ATTITUDE. THE FAA INSPECTORS, NTSB INVESTIGATOR, AND ENGINE MANUFACTURER'S INVESTIGATOR (WHO ALL RESPONDED TO THE SCENE) AGREE THAT, AT THE MOMENT OF IMPACT: THE ENGINE WAS DEVELOPING POWER, THE LANDING GEAR WAS RETRACTED, AND THE FLAPS WERE RETRACTED. POST-CRASH THEY FOUND APPROXIMATELY TWO INCHES OR MORE OF FUEL REMAINING IN THE LEFT WING TANK, BUT WERE UNABLE TO SAMPLE THE RIGHT TANK.

## 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 DFW05FA204](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW05FA204), Aug 6, 2005: Globe GC-1B (N3209K), Cypress, TX, substantial damage, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain airspeed resulting in an inadvertent stall/spin.

## Other reports on N3209K (1)

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

- [Accident 20011122031079A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20011122031079A), Nov 22, 2001: Swftms GC1B (N3209K), Marion, TX, Substantial damage. (.19) On November 22, 2001, at 1040 central standard time, a globe GC-1B tail-wheel equipped airplane, N3209K, was substantially damaged when it impacted a…

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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