# Incident 20230225003049I: Globe GC-1B, Sebring, FL, February 25, 2023

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 25, 2023, 09:30 local time
- Place: Sebring, FL
- Airport: Sebring Regional
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 27.4564° N, 81.3424° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SEBRING RGNL (SEF), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.4564&lon=-81.3424&mi=10
- Aircraft: N80611, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N80611) (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: GLOBE GC-1B
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR C125 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 6,200 total, 402 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/20230225003049I

## Narrative

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

ON FEBRUARY 25, 2023 AT APROXIMATELY 0930 LOCAL TIME, PRIVATE PILOT CERTIFICATE ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^MADE A HARD LANDING IN ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, A 1946 GLOBE SWIFT SN1016, CAUSING THE LANDING GEAR SIDE BRACES TO BOTH FAIL, FURTHER CAUSING DAMAGE TO BELLY AND WRINKLE LOWER WING SKINS AFT OF WHEEL WELLS. AIRCRAFT WAS LANDING AT THE SEBRING REGIONAL AIRPORT (SEF) RUNWAY 01 AND CAME TO REST 877' DOWN THE RUNWAY ON THE LEFT SIDE IN THE GRASS. AC WAS JUST PURCHASED A WEEK EARLIER AND THIS WAS THE PILOT'S 5TH LANDING IN THIS AIRCRAFT. PILOT STATED HE HAS ABOUT 400 HOURS IN GLOBE SWIFTS FROM SEVERAL YEARS AGO.

WX: 09:55 LCL, WIND LIGHT & VARIABLE, CLR, 77/68F, ALT 30.30

## Other reports on N80611 (1)

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

- [Accident 19860529087309A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860529087309A), May 29, 1986: Univac STCGC1 (N80611), Johnstown, PA, Destroyed. Pilot landed with gear up. Post fire destroyed aircraft due to ruptured fuel tank at the fuel line connection.

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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