# Accident 19990130000859A: Gulstm 560A, Belleview, FL, January 30, 1999

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 30, 1999, 17:40 local time
- Place: Belleview, FL
- Airport: Jordan Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.0606° N, 82.0559° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Belleview, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.0606&lon=-82.0559&mi=10
- Aircraft: N919VC, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N919VC-1999-06-11) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aero Commander 560-A (registry code 0141404, https://openairdocs.org/model/aero-commander-560-a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GULSTM 560A
- Reported engine: LYC GO480D1A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 1,590 total, 298 in this make and model, 6 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL99FA046](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL99FA046) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990130000859A

## Narrative

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

ACFT WAS RETURNING TO MULLINS GRASS STRIP WHEN IT CLIPPED THE TOPS OF SOME TREES AND CRASHED INTO A HOUSE. THE PILOT AND 2 PAX HAVE SERIOUS INJURIES. THE OTHER PASSENGER SUFFERED FATAL INJURIES. NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED INSIDE THE HOME. THE ACFT WAS DESTROYED. OTHER CIRCUMSTANCES ARE UNKNOWN. (.4) AFTER TAKEOFF, THE FLIGHT CLIMBED TO 1500 FEET AND THE PILOT REDUCED THE ENGINE RPM TO 3000. THE PILOT ALSO REPORTED THAT WITHIN SECONDS OF REDUCING THE ENGINE RPM THE LEFT ENGINE SPUTTERED. THE PILOT TURNED ON THE FUEL BOOST PUMP IN AN EFFORT TO RESTORE FULL ENGINE POWER. IMMEDIATELY AFTERWARD, THE RIGHT ENGINE SPUTTERED AND LOST POWER. THE PILOT TURNED ON THE RIGHT ENGINE BOOST PUMP AGAIN IN AN EFFORT TO RESTORE FULL POWER. ATTEMPTS BY THE PILOT TO RESTORE NORMAL ENGINE OPERATION FAILED. THE PILOT SELECTED AN AREA FOR AN EMERGENCY LANDING. THE PILOT RECALLED THAT AS HE PREPARED FOR AN EMERGENCY LANDING, THE AIRPLANE WOULD YAW RIGHT AND LEFT AS THE ENGINES MOMENTARILY GAIN AND LOSE POWER. THE AIRPLANE COLLIDED WITH TOPS OF SEVERAL TREES.  THE AIRPLANES SUBSEQUENTLY COLLIDED WITH A SINGLE FAMILY HOME ADJACENT TO THE LAKE. EXAMINATION OF THE AIRFRAME AND ENGINE ASSEMBLIES FAILED TO D     ISCLOSE A MECHAMICAL MALFUNCTION OR A COMPONENT FAILURE. DURING THE EXAMINATION IF THE FUEL SYSTEM, APPROXIMATELY 2 1/2 PINTS OF FUEL WERE RECOVERED. THE PILOT REPORTED THAT HE THOUGHT HE HAD ABOUT 50 GALLONS OF FUEL WHEN HE DEPARTED.                                                                 (-23)AIRPLANE LOST POWER AND HIT TREES APPROXIMATELY 40 FEET HIGH.  AIRPLANE CRASHED INTO FRONT PORCH OF HOUSE AND GUEST BEDROOM.  PILOT AND PASSENGERS WERE EVACUATED FROM AIRCRAFT.  TWO FATALITIES.  TWO SERIOUS INJURIES INCLUDING PILOT.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB ATL99FA046](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL99FA046), Jan 30, 1999: Aero Commander 560A (N919VC), Belleview, FL, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's inadequate preflight planning of the fuel required for the flight that resulted in fuel exhaustion and the subsequent total loss of engine power to both engines.

## Other reports on N919VC (1)

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

- [Incident 19790125003369I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790125003369I), Jan 25, 1979: Rkwell 560A (N919VC), Baltimore, MD, Minor damage. Hard landing in a moderate crosswind, bounced, 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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