# Accident 19880219070849A: Gulstm 680, El Paso, TX, February 19, 1988

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 19, 1988, 08:58 local time
- Place: El Paso, TX
- Airport: El Paso International
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 31.8073° N, 106.3764° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at EL PASO INTL (ELP), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.8073&lon=-106.3764&mi=10
- Aircraft: N624SA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N624SA-1990-02-16) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aero Commander 680 (registry code 0141602, https://openairdocs.org/model/aero-commander-680) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GULSTM 680
- Reported engine: LYC GSO480B1A6
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 3
- Pilot flight hours: 3,012 total, 95 in this make and model
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880219070849A

## Narrative

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

REPORTED GEAR PROBLEM. LOST CONTROL IN IMC TRYING TO RETURN. GEAR SAFETY PIN ENGAGED. NOT RATED IFR OR MULTI ENGINE

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

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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