# Accident 20011013029439A: Gulstm 690, Rancho Calif, CA, October 13, 2001

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 13, 2001, 22:20 local time
- Place: Rancho Calif, CA
- Airport: French Valley Airport
- Damage: No damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.5761° N, 117.1281° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.5761&lon=-117.1281&mi=10
- Aircraft: N690JM, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N690JM-2003-11-08) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aero Commander 690 (registry code 0141720, https://openairdocs.org/model/aero-commander-690) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GULSTM 690
- Fatal injuries: 0
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX02LA005](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX02LA005) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20011013029439A

## Narrative

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

(.19) ON OCTOBER 13, 2001, ABOUT 2220 HOURS PACIFIC DAYLIGHT TIME, AN AERO COMMANDER 690, N690JM, COLLIDED WITH AN AIRPORT BOUNDARY FENCE DURING AN ABORTED LANDING FROM THE FRENCH VALLEY AIRPORT, TEMECULA, CALIFORNIA. THE OWNER WAS OPERATING THE AIRPLANE UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF 14 CFR PART 91. THE COMMERCIAL PILOT SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES AND THE PRIVATE PILOT RATED PASSENGER WAS NOT INJURED. THE AIRPLANE SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE. THE CROSS-COUNTRY POSITIONING FLIGHT DEPARTED FLAGSTAFF, ARIZONA, ABOUT 2120 MOUNTAIN STANDARD TIME. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED, AND AN IFR FLIGHT PLAN HAD BEEN FILED. THE PILOT STATED HE LANDED ON RUNWAY 18 AND BEGAN TO DECELERATE. DURING THE LANDING ROLL HE SELECTED REVERSE THRUST WITH BOTH ENGINES. AS HE ADDED POWER TO DECELERATE, THE AIRPLANE SUDDENLY VEERED TO THE LEFT. HE DESELECTED REVERSE THRUST AND ALIGNED THE AIRPLANE WITH THE RUNWAY. HE WAS APPROACHING THE END OF THE RUNWAY AT HIGH SPEED AND ELECTED TO ATTEMPT A TAKEOFF. THE AIRPLANE WENT OFF THE END OF THE RUNWAY ONTO A SMOOTH GRASS FIELD. THE PILOT ROTATED THE AIRPLANE, BUT THE AIRPLANE COLLIDED WITH AN AIRPORT BOUNDARY FENCE AND CAME TO REST IN THE FIELD. A REPRESENTATIVEFROM THE ENGINE MANUFACTURER INSPECTED THE ENGINES UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF THE FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION (FAA) ACCIDENT COORDINATOR. THE ACCIDENT COORDINATOR REPORTED THAT INVESTIGATORS ROTATED THE PROPELLERS. THE LEFT ENGINE DID NOT TURN, BUT THE RIGHT ENGINE DID. INVESTIGATORS OBSERVED TWO PROPELLER LINKAGES FRACTURED ON THE LEFT PROPELLER AND ONE LINKAGE BROKEN ON THE RIGHT PROPELLER. INVESTIGATORS PLACED BOTH POWER LEVERS IN THE FULL REVERSE POSITION. THE LEFT FUEL CONTROL MEASURED 4 DEGREES, WHILE THE RIGHT MEASURED 0 DEGREES. THE LEFT PITCH CONTROL MEASURED 10 DEGREES, WHILE THE RIGHT MEASURED 0 DEGREES. THE MANUFACTURER'S REPRESENTATIVE SAID THE CONTROLS SHOULD HAVE READ 0 DEGREES. (-23) THE PILOT MADE A NORMAL NIGHT APPROACH TO THE FRENCH VALLEY AIRPORT. AFTER HE TOUCHED DOWN, HE PLACED THE POWER LEVERS IN REVERSE THRUST. THE LEFT ENGINE WENT INTO REVERSE, BUT THE RIGHT ENGINE DID NOT. THE AIRCRAFT SWERVED LEFT, DEPARTING THE RUNWAY, INTO THE SOD. THE PILOT APPLIED POWER TO THE LEFT ENGINE TO BRING THE AIRCRAFT IN LINE WITH THE RUNWAY. HE REALIZED THAT HE WAS HEADING FOR A DITCH ON THE SIDE OF THE RUNWAY AND HE DECIDED TO                                              MAKE A GO AROUND. HE TOOK THE PROPS OUT OF REVERSE, AND APPLIED FULL POWER TO BOTH ENGINE AND RETRACTED THE FLAPS. THE AIRCRAFT BECAME AIRBORNE, BUT THE LEFT WHEEL CAUGHT THE TOP STRANDS OF THE BARBED WIRE ON A CHAIN LINK FENCE LOCATED PAST THE END OF THE RUNWAY. THE FENCE DOES NOT HAVE REFLECTIVE TAPE OR LIGHTS AND WAS VERY DIFFICULT TO SEE AT NIGHT. THE LEFT LANDING GEAR WAS TORN OFF, AND THE AIRCRAFT CRASHED INTO THE SOD, CAUSING EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO THE FUSELAGE OF THE AIRCRAFT. THE PILOT SHUT DOWN BOTH ENGINES AND EXITED THE AIRCRAFT THROUGH THE EMERGENCY EXIT. THE FENCE WAS LOCATED ABOUT 200 FEET FROM THE RUNWAY AND WAS NOT MARKED OR LIGHTED. THE FENCE APPEARS TO BE WITHIN THE RECOMMENDED OBSTACLE FREE AREA MENTIONED IN ADVISOR CIRCULAR AC 150-5300-12.

## 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 LAX02LA005](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX02LA005), Oct 14, 2001: Aero Commander 690 (N690JM), Temecula, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: a misrigging of the engine controls that resulted in an asymmetric reverse thrust condition.

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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