# Accident 19880119000939A: Gulstm 500B, Garden City, KS, January 19, 1988

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 19, 1988, 19:46 local time
- Place: Garden City, KS
- Airport: Garden City Municipal
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Final Approach-IFR
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: CCTA
- Location: 37.8792° N, 100.6692° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.8792&lon=-100.6692&mi=10
- Aircraft: N611CA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N611CA-1989-03-09) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aero Commander 500-B (registry code 0141106, https://openairdocs.org/model/aero-commander-500-b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GULSTM 500B
- Reported engine: LYC IO540B1A5
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 2,125 total, 58 in this make and model, 226 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MKC88FA042](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC88FA042) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880119000939A

## Narrative

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

LOST ENGINE EN ROUTE. UNABLE TO HOLD HEADING LOST CONTROL ON LOC AFTER ERRATIC HEADINGS. POSSIBLE AIR INTAKE ICING

## 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 MKC88FA042](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC88FA042), Jan 20, 1988: Gulfstream 500B (N611CA), Pierceville, KS, destroyed, 1 fatal

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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