# Incident 19970302015639I: Gulstm 500S, St Petersburg-C, FL, March 2, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 2, 1997, 16:56 local time
- Place: St Petersburg-C, FL
- Airport: St Petersburg-Clearwater International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 27.9102° N, 82.6874° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at St. Petersburg Clearwater International Airport (PIE), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.9102&lon=-82.6874&mi=10
- Aircraft: N59088 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: GULSTM 500S
- Reported engine: CONT IO520E
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,900 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970302015639I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: THE POOR APPEARANCE OF THE AIRPLANE INDICATES THAT IT MAY HAVE BEEN NEGLECTED. INACTIVITY AND THE FACT THAT THE AIRPLANE WAS BASED IN PUERTO RICO ARE IDEAL CONDITION FOR CORROSION. AT THIS TIME IT APPEARS A RIGID HYDRAULIC LINE LEAKED ALL THE SYSTEM FLUID AND THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR COULD NOT BE LOCKED USING THE EMERGENCY EXTENSION SYSTEM.

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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