# Accident 19910804062479A: Gulstm 500RKWELL, West Palm Beach, FL, August 4, 1991

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 4, 1991, 17:22 local time
- Place: West Palm Beach, FL
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: PVBA
- Location: 26.7153° N, 80.0534° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of West Palm Beach, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.7153&lon=-80.0534&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3840C, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3840C-1992-06-22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aero Commander 500 (registry code 0141102, https://openairdocs.org/model/aero-commander-500) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GULSTM 500RKWELL
- Reported engine: LYC O540A2B
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,310 total, 296 in this make and model, 81 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA91LA193](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA91LA193) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910804062479A

## Narrative

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

BOTH ENGINES QUIT AFTER LEAVING BAHAMAS. DITCHED IN OCEAN AND SANK.

## 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 MIA91LA193](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA91LA193), Aug 4, 1991: Aero Commander 500-698 (N3840C), Atlantic Ocean (Atlantic Ocean), destroyed. Probable cause: AN INFLIGHT LOSS OF POWER OF BOTH ENGINES FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS FOLLOWED BY A DITCHING IN THE OCEAN.

## Other reports on N3840C (1)

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

- [Incident 19860130020949I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860130020949I), Jan 30, 1986: Gulstm 500RKWELL (N3840C), West Palm Beach, FL. Failed to follow taxi instructions after landing. Aircraft on takeoff had to abort.

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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