# Incident 19890429030849I: Gulstm 500S, Isla De Culebra, PR, April 29, 1989

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 29, 1989, 12:20 local time
- Place: Isla De Culebra, PR
- Airport: Culebra Airport
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 18.3147° N, 65.2829° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Isla de Culebra, PR, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=18.3147&lon=-65.2829&mi=10
- Aircraft: N79NU, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N79NU-2001-11-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aero Commander 500 S (registry code 0141107, https://openairdocs.org/model/aero-commander-500-s) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GULSTM 500S
- Reported engine: LYC IO540E1B5
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 955 total, 150 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890429030849I

## Narrative

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

FUEL EXHAUSTION ON DESCENT. FORCED LANDING ON AN ISLAND. TANKS EMPTY DUE TO BROKEN TUBE ASSEMBLY.

## Other reports on N79NU (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19960211001519A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960211001519A), Feb 11, 1996: Gulstm 500S (N79NU), Manati, Puerto Rico, Destroyed, 3 fatal. Observed in slow flight. Low altitude stall and crash into swamp. CFI at controls.

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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