- Date
- November 26, 2003, 15:30 local (20:30 UTC)
- Place
- Southern Pines, NC
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3210KGlobe Swift GC1B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 28, 2006
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Parties
- Greensboro FSDO
- FAA report
- 20031126036089A
- Case key
- 58423
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain directional control of the airplane during the landing roll, which resulted in an inadvertent ground loop and the collapse of the landing gear.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
According to the pilot after he made a normal touchdown he then lost directional control. The airplane ground looped separating the right gear strut at the wing attachment, and collapsing the left main landing gear. The pilot stated that there were no mechanical or engine problems at the time of the accident.
Factual narrative
On November 26, 2003, at 1530 eastern standard time, a Globe Swift GC1B, N3210K, registered to and operated by the Airline Transport Pilot, ground looped during landing on runway 5, at the Moore County Airport in Southern Pines, North Carolina. The flight was operated under the provisions of Title 14 CFR Part 91, and visual flight rules. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed and no flight plan was filed for the local pleasure flight. The pilot and passenger were not injured and the airplane sustained substantial damage. The flight originated from Moore County Airport on November 26, 2003 at 1445.
According to the pilot after he made a normal touchdown he then "lost directional control". The airplane ground looped separating the right gear strut at the wing attachment, and collapsed the left main landing gear. The pilot stated that there were no mechanical or engine problems at the time of the accident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3210K
- Reported as
- Globe Swift GC1B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 1203
- Airframe hours
- 2,065
- Engine
- Continental IO-360-C, 210 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Harold E. Garner
- Registered owner
- Harold A. Garner
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 19, 2003 · 14 hours before
- Departed
- SOP · Southern Pines, NC
- Destination
- SOP
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Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 71
- Injuries
- None
- Certificates
- Airline transport, Flight engineer, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Last flight review
- March 17, 2002
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 24,000 total · 100 in this make and model · 10,000 as pilot in command · 40 in the last 90 days · 15 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 300° at 3 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 59 °F, dew point 41 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.14 inHg
- Observed at
- SOP
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.