# Accident 20081106856649A: Swftms GC1A, Wallace, CA, November 6, 2008

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 6, 2008, 17:30 local time
- Place: Wallace, CA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.2256° N, 120.9619° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.2256&lon=-120.9619&mi=10
- Aircraft: N80715, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N80715-2015-05-11) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Universal GLOBE GC-1A (registry code 9230110, https://openairdocs.org/model/universal-globe-gc-1a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-360-A1D (registry code 41504, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-360-a1d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SWFTMS GC1A
- Reported engine: LYC O360A1D
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 5,600 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR09LA032](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR09LA032) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20081106856649A

## Narrative

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

WHILE IN CRUISE FLIGHT THE AIRCRAFT MADE A STEEP RIGHT HAND TURN INTO THE TERRAIN.  WHILE FLYING IN FORMATION WITH A WINGMAN THE PILOT OF COMMAND OF THAT AIRCRAFT NOTICED THE PILOT SHRUG HIS LEFT AND THEN COLLAPSED WITH IN HIS SHOULDER HARNESS RESTRAINT SYSTEM.  THE PILOT WAS NOT RESPONDING TO RADIO TRANSMISSION AND NO OTHER MOVEMENT WAS NOTICED FOR THE DURATION OF THE 90 MINUTE FLIGHT.  THE AIRCRAFT ACCENTED AND DESCENDED MANY TIME DURING THE FLIGHT THEN IT FINALLY WENT INTO HIGH ANGLE OF BANK RIGHT HAND TURN THEN PLUGGED TO THE GROUND.  THE RIGHT HAND WING CONTACTED THE GROUND THEN CARTWHEELED HITTING THE LEFT WING.  BOTH WNIGS DEPARTED THE FUSELAGETHE AIRFRAME COLLAPSED INTO THE COCKPIT THEN FLIPPING OVER ON THE NOSE THE PROP DEPARTED THE ENGINEASSEMBLE.  THE PILOT WAS EJECTED OUT OF THE COCKPIT.

## 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 WPR09LA032](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR09LA032), Nov 7, 2008: Universal Globe (N80715), Wallace, CA, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's incapacitation during cruise for unknown reasons that resulted in a loss of aircraft control.

## Other reports on N80715 (1)

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

- [Accident 20060212003159A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060212003159A), Feb 12, 2006: Swftms GC1A (N80715), Rancho Murieta, CA, Substantial damage. (-23) On February 12, 2006, at 1443 hours PST, a globe swift, N80715, registered to the pilot [privacy data omitted] nosed over on landing at kriu (Rancho…

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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