# Incident 19960407009699I: Gulstm 520, Riverside, CA, April 7, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 7, 1996, 09:00 local time
- Place: Riverside, CA
- Airport: Riverside Municipal
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.9519° N, 117.4451° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at RIVERSIDE (RAL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.9519&lon=-117.4451&mi=10
- Aircraft: N19KD, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N19KD) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aero Commander 520 (registry code 0141202, https://openairdocs.org/model/aero-commander-520) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming GO-435 (registry code 41520, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-go-435) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GULSTM 520
- Reported engine: LYC GO435C2B
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 675 total, 458 in this make and model, 19 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960407009699I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON SUNDAY, APRIL 7, 1996, BARRY S. GREGORY, PIC AND OWNER OF AERO COMMANDER GA-520-520, N19KD, DEPARTED RIVERSIDE AIRPORT AT 0820 TO PRACTICE MANEUVERS AT REDLANDS AIRPORT. MR. GREGORY STATED THAT HE LOST HYDRAULICS AND RETURNED TO RIVERSIDE AIRPORT WHERE HE LANDED ON RUNWAY 9 AND ROLLED OUT ONTO THE GRASS TO STOP. UPON INSPECTION, MR. GREGORY STATED THAT HE FOUND A LOOSE FITTING ON A HYDRAULIC LINE WHICH HE TIGHTENED. MR. GREGORY STATED THAT HE SERVICED THE HYDRAULIC RESERVOIR WITH 11/2 QUARTS OF HYDRAULIC FLUID. AT THE TIME OF THIS INCIDENT, MR. GREGORY HAD AN EXPIRED MEDICAL AND IS A STUDENT PILOT. THIS INVESTIGATION IS NOW CLOSED.

## Other reports on N19KD (1)

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

- [Incident 19930415011919I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930415011919I), Apr 15, 1993: Gulstm 520 (N19KD), Riverside, CA, Minor damage. Pilot retracted gear for possible go around. Go around not needed. Forgot to lower gear, landed gear up.

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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