# Incident 20010329008339I: Gulstm 500B, Bennett, CO, March 29, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 29, 2001, 19:00 local time
- Place: Bennett, CO
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: ZJWA
- Location: 39.7420° N, 104.4287° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Bennett, CO, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.7420&lon=-104.4287&mi=10
- Aircraft: N615MT, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N615MT) (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
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,600 total, 380 in this make and model, 295 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010329008339I

## Narrative

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

(-23) UPON ARRIVAL AT THE SCENE, AIRCRAFT WAS FOUND WITHOUT ANY DAMAGE. A VISUAL INSPECTION OF THE FUEL TANKS WAS MADE BY INSPECTORS FROM THE DENVER FSDO AND FOUND THEM TO BE EMPTY.  THE INSPECTORS ALSO MADE AN ATTEMPT TO DRAIN FUEL FROM THE AIRCRAFT FUEL SUMPS AND THEY WERE UNABLE TO OBTAIN ANY FUEL SAMPLES.  WHEN THE PIC WAS AKSED ABOUT THE AMOUNT OF FUEL HE HAD ON BOARD FOR THE FLIGHT, HE STATED THAT HE SAW FUEL IN THE TANK BEFORE HE LEFT OMAHA NE, BUT HE DID NOT KNOW EXACTLY HOW MUCH FUEL WAS IN THE TANK.  HE ASSUMED HE HAD ENOUGH FUEL TO MAKE THE FLIGHT.

## Other reports on N615MT (1)

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

- [Incident 20031211033989I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20031211033989I), Dec 11, 2003: Gulstm 500B (N615MT), Bloomington-Nor, IL. (-23) Aircraft departed from chicago midway enroute to st. louis lambert and was 5 miles south of Bloomington, IL at 6000 ft when aircraft started to…

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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