# Incident 20110720013939I: Temco GC-1B, Sparta, TN, July 20, 2011

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 20, 2011, 13:00 local time
- Place: Sparta, TN
- Airport: Uppercumber Regonial Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.9347° N, 85.4726° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Sparta, TN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.9347&lon=-85.4726&mi=10
- Aircraft: N78274, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N78274) (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: TEMCO GC-1B
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-360 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 28,000 total, 1,200 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110720013939I

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT IN ROUTE TO SWIFT FOUNDATION.PILOT MADE A PRECAUTIONARY LANDING DUE TO A PERCEIVED FUEL BURN.  RT LANDING GEAR STRUT DEVELOPLED A LEAK AT LANDING SITE.  AIRCRAFT HAD BEEN SITTING FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS, AIRCRAFT WAS ON SPECIAL FLIGHT PERMIT FOR MAINTENANCE, "OUT OF ANNUAL".ADDED FUEL AND FLEW TO CLOSEST AIRPORT TO TOP OFF.  PILOT HAD FUEL RECEIPT FROM EARLY FUEL PURCHASED.SWIFT FOUNDATION STATED THIS WAS A KNOWN PROBLEM WITH FUEL VENTING.

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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