- Date
- April 27, 1983, 16:30 local (23:30 UTC)
- Place
- Everett, WA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N80649Swift GC-1B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830427043509A
- Case key
- 39687
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The acfts left main landing gear sheared and the acft came to rest off the runway in the grass. The pilot said that eventhough the landing gear light indicated down and locked he does not believe the rt main gear was down and locked. Duringan attempted go-around the left gear sheared in overload due to failure to maintain control. The passenger said they were in an approach stall with a hard landing that collapsed the gear.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N80649
- Reported as
- Swift GC-1B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 1054
- Engine
- Continental C-125-2, 145 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 91
- Registered owner
- Albert M. Lavine
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- PAE · Everett, WA
- Destination
- S13 · Alderwood Manor, WA
- Airport
- S13 · Martha Lake, runway 34, 1,700 × 40 ft, asphalt
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
- 27
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Unknown, Expired
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 560 total · 150 in this make and model · 560 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 350° at 12 knots
- Visibility
- 40 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 59 °F, dew point 45 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- PAE, 4 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N80649 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.