# Incident 19980212012349I: Gulstm 690A, Waco, TX, February 12, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 12, 1998, 20:22 local time
- Place: Waco, TX
- Airport: Waco Regional Airport
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 31.6122° N, 97.2303° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WACO RGNL (ACT), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.6122&lon=-97.2303&mi=10
- Aircraft: N215BA (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: GULSTM 690A
- Reported engine: GARRTT TPE331*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,900 total, 50 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980212012349I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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