# NTSB UNK64X2499: Globe Swift GC1B, N77757, Leesburg, VA, June 26, 1964

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: June 26, 1964
- Place: Leesburg, VA · LEESBURG, VA
- Location: 39.1028° N, 77.5545° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Leesburg, VA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.1028&lon=-77.5545&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report October 7, 1964
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 182867
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=UNK64X2499
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/UNK64X2499

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-1824  64/6/26    LEESBURG VA         GLOBE SWIFT GC1B    CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             COMMERCIAL, AGE 39, 3850
        TIME - 1000                    N77757              PX-  0  0  1  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, 10 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - LEESBURG
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           GEAR RETRACTED                                           TAKEOFF: RUN
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - RETRACTED GEAR PREMATURELY
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N77757](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N77757), registered now, S/N 3529 (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 C125 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c125-series) (registry code 17011, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Leesburg

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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