Accident Temco GC-1B Swift N78316, Thursday 18 September 2025
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Date:Thursday 18 September 2025
Time:12:56
Type:Silhouette image of generic GC1 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Temco GC-1B Swift
Owner/operator:Private
Registration: N78316
MSN: 2316
Year of manufacture:1947
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Other fatalities:0
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Category:Accident
Location:South Lewis County Airport (TDO/KTDO), Toledo, WA -   United States of America
Phase: Take off
Nature:Private
Departure airport:Toledo-Winlock Airport, WA (TDO/KTDO)
Destination airport:
Investigating agency: NTSB
Confidence Rating: Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities
Narrative:
The TEMCO GC-1B Swift crashed into trees after a failed take off from runway 6. The pilot was not injured.

Wind Speed/Gusts, Direction: 10 knots
Temperature/Dew Point: 22.2°C /10°C

Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: NTSB
Report number: 
Status: Preliminary report
Duration: 1 month
Download report: Preliminary report

Sources:

https://www.chronline.com/stories/post-wwii-two-seater-crashes-into-tree-line-at-toledo-airport,387559

NTSB
https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=N78316

Location

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
20-Sep-2025 09:00 gerard57 Added
20-Sep-2025 14:43 aus Updated [Registration, Source, ]
20-Sep-2025 14:44 ASN Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Location, Departure airport, Source, Category, ]
20-Sep-2025 23:01 RobertMB Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Location, Source, Narrative, ]
24-Oct-2025 18:21 Captain Adam Updated [Time, Source, Damage, Narrative, Accident report, ]

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