- Date
- February 16, 1986, 15:15 local (23:15 UTC)
- Place
- Upland, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N80561Globe Swift GC-1B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860216005409A
- Case key
- 25078
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Analysis
On February 16, 1986 at 1515 PST, a swift GC-1B, N80561, collided with terrain after a forced landing. After t/o at approximately 400 feet AGL the engine began to run rough and the aircraft would not maintain altitude. Traffic on the rwy prevented an on apt landing. The aircraft landed off the apt in rough terrain. Inspection revealed FOD in the vapor return line from the fuel pump to the fuel cell.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N80561
- Reported as
- Globe Swift GC-1B (SWIFT GC-1)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 64
- Airframe hours
- 1,822
- Engine
- Continental IO-360C, 210 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Douglas B. Schuster
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal; Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 14, 1986 · 4 hours before
- Departed
- CCD · Upland, CA
- Airport
- CCB · Cable, runway 24, 3,200 × 75 ft, dirt
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 36
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,253 total · 588 in this make and model · 1,182 as pilot in command · 8 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 30 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 270° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 61 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.