# Incident 19930307014919I: Gulstm 500RKWELL, Everglades, FL, March 7, 1993

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 7, 1993, 14:15 local time
- Place: Everglades, FL
- Airport: Everglades Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: To Aborted (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: PVBA
- Location: 25.8578° N, 81.3865° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Everglades, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=25.8578&lon=-81.3865&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3836C, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3836C) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aero Commander 500 (registry code 0141102, https://openairdocs.org/model/aero-commander-500) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GULSTM 500RKWELL
- Reported engine: LYC O540*
- People aboard: 7
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 7,340 total, 2,363 in this make and model, 42 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA93IA083](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA93IA083) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930307014919I

## Narrative

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

PILOT ABORTED TAKEOFF WHEN PROPELLER BLADE SEPARATED FROM PROPELLER ON RIGHT ENGINE.

## 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 MIA93IA083](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA93IA083), Mar 7, 1993: Aero Commander 500 (N3836C), Everglades City, FL, incident, minor damage. Probable cause: THE PREEXISTING FATIGUE CRACKING OF THE PROPELLER HUB ARM IN THE BEARING RETENTION RADIUS DUE TO POLISHING AND WEAR OF THE RADIUS FROM CONTACT WITH THE SPLIT RINGS, RESULTING IN A PROPELLER BLADE…

## Other reports on N3836C (2)

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

- [Incident 20050320007669I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050320007669I), Mar 20, 2005: Gulstm 500RKWELL (N3836C), West Palm Beach, FL. (-23) Pilot's statement: March 20, 2005 I was flying back from north eleuthera. When I was twenty miles southeast of Palm Beach my engine stopped. I went…
- [Incident 19850424029599I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850424029599I), Apr 24, 1985: Gulstm 500RKWELL (N3836C), West Palm Beach, FL, Minor damage. Landed gear up after being advised to go around by ATC due to gear position. Warning horn only malfunction found.

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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