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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Gulstm 500A · Freeport, Bahamas · July 25, 1993

Date
July 25, 1993 · 14:45 local
Place
Freeport, Bahamas
Airport
International
Phase of flight
Starting Engines
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
PVBA
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N89M
Reported as
Gulstm 500A
Reported engine
Lycoming O540*
People aboard
7
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
2,500 total800 in this make and model60 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

When pilot engaged the left engine starter the left main gear retracted.

As the FAA filed it

WHEN PILOT ENGAGED THE LEFT ENGINE STARTER THE LEFT MAIN GEAR RETRACTED.

Other reports on N89M · 2

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