# NTSB LAX86LA123: Globe Swift GC-1B, N80561, Upland, CA, February 16, 1986

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: February 16, 1986, 15:15 local (23:15 UTC)
- Place: Upland, CA
- Coordinates: 34.099216, -117.660263 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.0992&lon=-117.6603&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 25078
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX86LA123
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/25078/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX86LA123

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of engine power(partial) - nonmechanical, climb
  - fuel system,vent - blocked(total) (cause)
- Forced landing, descent - emergency
- In flight collision with terrain/water, landing - flare/touchdown
  - terrain condition - high vegetation (contributing factor)
  - terrain condition - rough/uneven (contributing factor)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N80561-2012-11-07), registration cancelled 2012-11-07, S/N 64, built 1946 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GLOBE SWIFT GC-1B (SWIFT GC-1)
- Registry model: [Globe GC-1B](https://openairdocs.org/model/globe-gc-1b) (registry code 9230104) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental C145 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c145-series) (registry code 17012, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 64
- Airframe hours: 1822
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 36; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19860216005409A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860216005409A), Feb 16, 1986: Univac GC1B, Upland, CA, Substantial damage. Decrease in power after takeoff. Landed in rough terrain due to other traffic. Foreign object damage in fuel line.

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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