# Accident 19960211001519A: Gulstm 500S, Manati, Puerto Rico, February 11, 1996

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 11, 1996, 16:38 local time
- Place: Manati, Puerto Rico
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Practice Training Manuevers
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: QHAA
- Location: 18.4313° N, 66.4771° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Manatí, PR, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=18.4313&lon=-66.4771&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: 3
- Fatal injuries: 3
- Pilot flight hours: 6,560 total, 50 in this make and model, 180 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA96FA078](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA96FA078) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960211001519A

## Narrative

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

OBSERVED IN SLOW FLIGHT. LOW ALTITUDE STALL AND CRASH INTO SWAMP. CFI AT CONTROLS.

## 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 MIA96FA078](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA96FA078), Feb 11, 1996: Aero Commander 500S (N79NU), Manati, PR, destroyed, 3 fatal. Probable cause: Failure of the flight crew, for undetermined reasons, to recover from a stall and resulting uncontrolled descent. This resulted in the aircraft colliding with the terrain while in a 45-60 degree nose…

## Other reports on N79NU (1)

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

- [Incident 19890429030849I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890429030849I), Apr 29, 1989: Gulstm 500S (N79NU), Isla De Culebra, PR. Fuel exhaustion on descent. Forced landing on an island. Tanks empty due to broken tube assembly.

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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