# Incident 19960912032569I: Gulstm 680FL, Grand Island, NE, September 12, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 12, 1996, 00:01 local time
- Place: Grand Island, NE
- Airport: Central Nebraska Regional
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: JDWA
- Location: 40.9675° N, 98.3096° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CENTRAL NEBRASKA RGNL (GRI), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.9675&lon=-98.3096&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4983S, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4983S-2017-10-27) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aero Commander 680FL (registry code 0141608, https://openairdocs.org/model/aero-commander-680fl) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GULSTM 680FL
- Reported engine: LYC IGSO540B1A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960912032569I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON AUGUST 11, 1996, APPROXIMATELY 2350 CST, COMMANDER 680 FL, N4983S, OWNED AND OPERATED BY SUBURBAN AIR FREIGHT, INC., DEPARTED THE CENTRAL NEBRASKA REGIONAL AIRPORT (FRI), GRAND ISLAND, NE, ENROUTE TO EPPLEY AIRFIELD (OMA), OMAHA, NE. DURING CLIMBOUT, THE PIC EXPERIENCED A LOSS OF ELECTRICAL POWER GENERATION FROM THE RIGHT HAND ENGINE. THE PIC PERFORMED A PRECAUTIONARY SHUTDOWN DUE TO POSSIBLE ENGINE FIRE, AND RETURNED TO GRI AFTER DECLARING AN EMERGENCY. SUBSEQUENT INVESTIGATION DISCLOSED NO EVIDENCE OF ELECTRICAL ARCING. THE AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE FOLLOWING REPLACEMENT OF THE LEAR SEIGLER GENERATOR ASSEMBLY, P/N30059-000. THIS INCIDENT IS CLOSED WITH THIS REPORT.

## Other reports on N4983S (3)

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

- [Incident 19960917035329I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960917035329I), Sep 17, 1996: Gulstm 680FL (N4983S), Omaha, NE. Narrative: on September 17, 1996, approximately 0845 CDT, commander 680FL, N4983S, owned and operated by suburban air freight, inc., experienced an uncommanded…
- [Incident 19921013052039I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19921013052039I), Oct 13, 1992: Gulstm 685 (N4983S), Minneapolis, MN. Mist of hydraulic oil in cockpit on approach. Landed safely,found a chafed nose gear hydraulic tube.
- [Incident 19920309009439I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920309009439I), Mar 9, 1992: Gulstm 680FL (N4983S), North Platte, NE, Minor damage. A gust of wind blew aircraft off the ice and snow covered runway after landing rollout. Nose gear collapsed.

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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