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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Gulstm 500RKWELL · Lafayette, GA · July 26, 1996

Date: July 26, 1996 · 05:30 local
Place: Lafayette, GA
Airport: Barwick Lafayette Airport
Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N55BW
Reported as: Gulstm 500RKWELL
Reported engine: Lycoming O540*
People aboard: 3
Fatal injuries: 0

N55BWRegistration cancelled May 7, 2009 · Aero Commander 500S/N 691 · Built 1958 Airframe modelAero Commander 500 Engine modelLycoming 0-540 seriesReciprocating

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.

Narrative: aircraft was attempting to depart 9A5, Lafayette, GA on trip to Pennsylvania. During the taxi out, the hydraulic pump failed and hydraulic pressure was lost as a right turn was in progress. An attempt was made to center the nosewheel and stop the aircraft using the emergency hand operated hydraulic pump. The attempt failed and the aircraft struck another aero commander parked next to N55BW. Damage was limited to sheetmetal on the wing leading edge of N55BW and the other aerocommander N6226B. Weather not a factor. Incident was attributed to the failed engine driven hydraulic pump. A malfunction and defect report was mailed to the mechanic with instructions to complete and forward to Oklahoma city, via the atlanta FSDO.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: AIRCRAFT WAS ATTEMPTING TO DEPART 9A5, LAFAYETTE, GA ON TRIP TO PENNSYLVANIA. DURING THE TAXI OUT, THE HYDRAULIC PUMP FAILED AND HYDRAULIC PRESSURE WAS LOST AS A RIGHT TURN WAS IN PROGRESS. AN ATTEMPT WAS MADE TO CENTER THE NOSEWHEEL AND STOP THE AIRCRAFT USING THE EMERGENCY HAND OPERATED HYDRAULIC PUMP. THE ATTEMPT FAILED AND THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK ANOTHER AERO COMMANDER PARKED NEXT TO N55BW. DAMAGE WAS LIMITED TO SHEETMETAL ON THE WING LEADING EDGE OF N55BW AND THE OTHER AEROCOMMANDER N6226B. WEATHER NOT A FACTOR. INCIDENT WAS ATTRIBUTED TO THE FAILED ENGINE DRIVEN HYDRAULIC PUMP. A MALFUNCTION AND DEFECT REPORT WAS MAILED TO THE MECHANIC WITH INSTRUCTIONS TO COMPLETE AND FORWARD TO OKLAHOMA CITY, VIA THE ATLANTA FSDO.