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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Swftms GC1B · Salome, AZ · December 23, 2005

Date: December 23, 2005 · 11:20 local
Place: Salome, AZ
Airport: Indian Hills Airpark Airport
Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N1948J
Reported as: Swftms GC1B
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 2,500 total153 in this make and model2 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) On December 23, 2005, at approximately 1120 MST, N1948J, a GC-1-B, with the pilot privacy data omitted performing as pilot-in-command, experienced a ground loop while attempting to takeoff at Indian Hills airpark near Salome, Arizona. The pilot privacy data omitted states that he had flown approximately 22 hours in the last 10 months and was attempting to fly the aircraft following a lengthy restoration. On this takeoff, the pilot privacy data omitted states that he added power too rapidly and the aircraft began to turn to the left. The aircraft ground looped to the left and subsequently struck the wind sockk pole. There was minor damage to the left wing and right main gear. The pilot privacy data omitted was the sole occupant and received no injuries.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) ON DECEMBER 23, 2005, AT APPROXIMATELY 1120 MST, N1948J, A GC-1-B, WITH THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OM^ PERFORMING AS PILOT-IN-COMMAND, EXPERIENCED A GROUND LOOP WHILE ATTEMPTING TO TAKEOFF AT INDIAN HILLS AIRPARK NEAR SALOME, ARIZONA. THE PILOT ^PRIVACY D^ STATES THAT HE HAD FLOWN APPROXIMATELY 22 HOURS IN THE LAST 10 MONTHS AND WAS ATTEMPTING TO FLY THE AIRCRAFT FOLLOWING A LENGTHY RESTORATION. ON THIS TAKEOFF, THE PILOT ^PRIVACY D^ STATES THAT HE ADDED POWER TOO RAPIDLY AND THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN TO TURN TO THE LEFT. THE AIRCRAFT GROUND LOOPED TO THE LEFT AND SUBSEQUENTLY STRUCK THE WIND SOCKK POLE. THERE WAS MINOR DAMAGE TO THE LEFT WING AND RIGHT MAIN GEAR. THE PILOT ^PRIVACY D^ WAS THE SOLE OCCUPANT AND RECEIVED NO INJURIES.