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Incident

FAA incident report · Gulstm 690A · Waco, TX · February 12, 1998

Date: February 12, 1998 · 20:22 local
Place: Waco, TX
Airport: Waco Regional Airport
Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft: N215BA
Reported as: Gulstm 690A
Reported engine: Garrett TPE331*
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 5,900 total50 in this make and model50 in the last 90 days

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: on February 11, 1998, at approximately 2020 CST, an aero commander (GA-690-A) aircraft number 215BA, owned by lauren engineering and constructors, landed at Waco Regional Airport, Waco, Texas. The aircraft landed without incident with the number one engine secured during a cross country flight. VFR conditions prevailed and an IFR flight plan was filed. The aircraft was not damaged and no passengers were injured. The pilot was robert g. ford, ATP pilot certificate no. 522020205. The flight originated from tallahassee, FL on February 11, 1998, at approximately 1800 CST. A subsequent maintenance inspection of the number one engine revealed a forward carbon seal, part number 3107051-1, to be defective.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: ON FEBRUARY 11, 1998, AT APPROXIMATELY 2020 CST, AN AERO COMMANDER (GA-690-A) AIRCRAFT NUMBER 215BA, OWNED BY LAUREN ENGINEERING AND CONSTRUCTORS, LANDED AT WACO REGIONAL AIRPORT, WACO, TEXAS. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT WITH THE NUMBER ONE ENGINE SECURED DURING A CROSS COUNTRY FLIGHT. VFR CONDITIONS PREVAILED AND AN IFR FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS NOT DAMAGED AND NO PASSENGERS WERE INJURED. THE PILOT WAS ROBERT G. FORD, ATP PILOT CERTIFICATE NO. 522020205. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM TALLAHASSEE, FL ON FEBRUARY 11, 1998, AT APPROXIMATELY 1800 CST. A SUBSEQUENT MAINTENANCE INSPECTION OF THE NUMBER ONE ENGINE REVEALED A FORWARD CARBON SEAL, PART NUMBER 3107051-1, TO BE DEFECTIVE.