# Incident 19960402021469I: Gulstm 500A, Oklahoma City, OK, April 2, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 2, 1996, 17:22 local time
- Place: Oklahoma City, OK
- Airport: Tinker Afb
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.4147° N, 97.3866° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at TINKER AFB (TIK), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.4147&lon=-97.3866&mi=10
- Aircraft: N543AN, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N543AN-1998-06-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aero Commander 500-A (registry code 0141104, https://openairdocs.org/model/aero-commander-500-a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GULSTM 500A
- Reported engine: CONT IO470L
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,000 total, 18 in this make and model, 18 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960402021469I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: THE PILOT STATED THAT ON A FLIGHT FROM LAFAYETTE, LA TO ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. HE STOPPED AND REFUELED AT OKMULGEE, OKLAHOMA. HE THEN DEPARTED OKMULGEE AND CLIMBED TO 8500 FT AND LEVELED OFF. THE RIGHT ENGINE QUIT AFTER HE LEVELED OFF AND HE FEATHERED THE RIGHT PROPELLER AND NOTIFIED OKLAHOMA CITY APPROACH OF HIS SITUATION AND THEY GAVE HIM VECTOR TO TINKER AIR FORCE BASE. THE PILOT STATED THAT THE LEFT ENGINE QUIT AS HE WAS CHANGING COURSE TO TINKER AIR FORCE BASE, AND HE FOUND AN OPEN FIELD AND LANDED THE AIRCRAFT. AN ON-THE-SCENE INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT THE AIRCRAFT HAD ONLY MINOR DAMAGE. THE NOSE GEAR DOORS WERE DAMAGED AND THE LEFT PROP BENT WITH A DENT IN THE LEFT ENGINE COWLING AND THE L/H FUSELAGE DENTED. RIGHT ENGINE HAD INTERNAL FAILURE RESULTING IN RODS THROUGH CASE. LEFT ENGINE APPEARS TO BE OPERABLE BUT FURTHER INVESTIGATION MAY REVEAL THAT IT QUIT FOR SOME REASON. THE PILOT WAS CONFUSED AT THE SCENE AS TO WHICH ENGINE HE SHUT DOWN. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^

## Other reports on N543AN (1)

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

- [Accident 19970906025549A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970906025549A), Sep 6, 1997: Gulstm 500A (N543AN), Ketchikan, AK, Destroyed, 2 fatal. Aircraft broke up in flight. Cause of breakup begin investigated. (From .4) the aircraft had an in-flight breakup when the left wing and tail section…

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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