# NTSB ATL04CA041: Globe Swift GC1B, N3210K, Southern Pines, NC, November 26, 2003

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report
- Date: November 26, 2003, 15:30 local (20:30 UTC)
- Place: Southern Pines, NC
- Coordinates: 35.23722, -79.391113
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.2372&lon=-79.3911&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report June 28, 2006
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- Parties: Greensboro FSDO
- NTSB case key (mKey): 58423
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ATL04CA041
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/58423/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL04CA041

## 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

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - roll
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - ground loop/swerve - inadvertent, pilot in command (cause)
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - runway
- Main gear collapsed, landing - roll

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3210K), registered now, S/N 1203, built 1946 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: Globe Swift GC1B
- Registry model: [Globe GC-1B](https://openairdocs.org/model/globe-gc-1b) (registry code 9230104) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental 0-300 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (registry code 17022, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 1203
- Airframe hours: 2065
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 71; injuries: none; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 20031126036089A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20031126036089A), Nov 26, 2003: Swftms GC1B, Southern Pines, NC, Substantial damage. (-23) On November 26, 2003, at 1530L, a globe swift GC1B, N3210K registered to and operated by harold e. garner holder of ATP 1177486 ground looped during…

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.

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