# Incident 19970309007699I: Gulstm 560A, Hector, MN, March 9, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 9, 1997, 13:00 local time
- Place: Hector, MN
- Airport: Hector Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.7311° N, 94.7138° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at HECTOR MUNI (1D6), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.7311&lon=-94.7138&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2751B, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2751B-2017-04-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aero Commander 560-A (registry code 0141404, https://openairdocs.org/model/aero-commander-560-a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming GO-480 series (registry code 41527, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-go-480-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GULSTM 560A
- Reported engine: LYC GO480D1A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 10,800 total, 50 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970309007699I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: 3-9-97 1300LCL. DURING CLIMB AFTER TAKE OFF FROM HECTOR MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, HECTOR, MN. BOTH ENGINES LOST POWER. PILOT MADE AN OFF AIRPORT LANDING IN AN AGRICULTURAL FIELD. THE PILOT WAS THE ONLY ONE ON BOARD AND WAS NOT INJURED. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE. DURING EXAMINATION OF THE AIRCRAFT THE FUEL TANKS WERE FOUND TO BE EMPTY. THE FUEL QUANTITY SYSTEM IS INDICATING 45 GAL. ON BOARD. SUBMITTED M OR D REPORT.

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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