# Accident 19820801054739A: Gulstm 680FL, Alabaster, AL, August 1, 1982

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 1, 1982, 19:15 local time
- Place: Alabaster, AL
- Airport: Shelby Co
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.1778° N, 86.7832° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SHELBY COUNTY (EET), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.1778&lon=-86.7832&mi=10
- Aircraft: N11GT, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N11GT-1992-04-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aero Commander 680FL (registry code 0141608, https://openairdocs.org/model/aero-commander-680fl) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GULSTM 680FL
- Reported engine: LYC IGSO540B1A
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 7,205 total, 1,710 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL82DA223](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL82DA223) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820801054739A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

RIGHT ENGINE CAUGHT FIRE IN FLIGHT. PILOT LANDED AND EVACUATED AIRCRAFT.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

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.

- [NTSB ATL82DA223](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL82DA223), Aug 2, 1982: Aero Commander 680FL (N11GT), Alabaster, AL, destroyed

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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