# Incident 20001013024599I: Gulstm 500B, Hutchinson, MN, October 13, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 13, 2000, 06:28 local time
- Place: Hutchinson, MN
- Airport: Hutchinson Municipal-Butler Field
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: ZJWA
- Location: 44.8599° N, 94.3825° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at HUTCHINSON MUNI/BUTLER FLD (HCD), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.8599&lon=-94.3825&mi=10
- Aircraft: N411JF, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N411JF) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aero Commander 500-B (registry code 0141106, https://openairdocs.org/model/aero-commander-500-b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GULSTM 500B
- Reported engine: LYC IO540*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,200 total, 200 in this make and model, 200 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20001013024599I

## Narrative

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

(-23) DURING CRUISE FLIGHT, PILOT HEARD LOUD BANG. INSTRUMENT SCAN REVEALED LEFT ENGINE OIL PRESSURE READING LOW AND OIL TEMP RISING. PILOT SHUTDOWN ENGINE, FEATHERED PROPELLER AND LANDED AT NEAREST AIRPORT, HUTCHINSON, MN. INSPECTION BY MECHANIC REVEALED #5 PISTON DOES NOT MOVE WHEN ENGINE IS ROTATED. ENGINE HAS NOT BEEN TORN DOWN AT THIS TIME. NO CORRECTIVE ACTION AT THIS TIME DUE TO UNKNOWN CAUSE. AN AMENDED 8020-23 WILL BE FILED IF TEARDOWN REVEALS SIGNIFICANT FINDINGS.

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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