# Accident 19990512005059A: Gulstm 500B, Nassau, Bahamas, May 12, 1999

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 12, 1999
- Place: Nassau, Bahamas
- Damage: Destroyed
- Aircraft: N6138X, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6138X-2017-04-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aero Commander 500-B (registry code 0141106, https://openairdocs.org/model/aero-commander-500-b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GULSTM 500B
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA99LA155](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA99LA155) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990512005059A

## Narrative

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

ACFT CRASHED INTO THE OCEAN AND WAS DESTROYED, THE PILOT/SOLE OCCUPANT HAS NOT YET BEEN LOCATED, OTHER CIRCUMSTANCES ARE UNKNOWN AT THIS TIME, THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED OFF SHORE OF NASSAU, BAHAMAS.

## 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 MIA99LA155](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA99LA155), May 12, 1999: Aero Commander 500B (N6138X), Atlantic Ocean (Atlantic Ocean), destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: an in-flight collision with water for undetermined reasons, due to the wreckage never being recovered from the water.

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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