# Accident 20011018029689A: Gulstm 500, Petalamu, CA, October 18, 2001

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 18, 2001, 22:00 local time
- Place: Petalamu, CA
- Damage: No damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Aircraft: N7846C, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7846C-2019-10-05) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aero Commander 500 (registry code 0141102, https://openairdocs.org/model/aero-commander-500) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GULSTM 500
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20011018029689A

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT STATEMENT: CONDITIONS AT PETALUMA: VISIBILITY 8-10 MILES AT SURFACE, VERTICAL APPEARED CLEAR WITH HAZY OVERS OUT OF DISTANCE. CONDITIONS AT CONCORD CLEAR FOR 10 MILES, VISIBILITY VFR CONDITIONS VERIFIED BY PHONE CALL TO TOWER BEFORE 10:00 PM. DEPARTED PETALUMA ON RUNWAY 29 INTENDING TO DO RIGHT DOWNWIND DEPARTURE. ON RIGHT TURN TO DOWNWIND AT APPROXIMATELY 900 FEET INADVERTENTLY ENTERED POOR VISIBILITY (IMC) HE WAS SLOW AND TRANSITION AND GAUGES. AIRPLANE DID DO SOME TURNS AND UP AND DOWNS AS HE WAS GATHERING UP MY MANUAL HE HEARD A THUMP AND THE AIRPLANE YAWED HARD LEFT. HE CROSS CONTROLLED AT THIS TIME, STILL IN IMC CONDITIONS AT ABOUT 1800 FEET HE ATTEMPTED TO PULL OR FEATHER LEFT ENGINE, CONDITIONS GOT WORSE, RETURNED LEFT ENGINE TO FULL POWER AND CLIMBED SOUTH TO ABOUT 2000 FEET AND DROPPED CLOUD COVER. FLEW BACK TO CONCORD AND LANDED SAFELY. HE DID NOT KNOW WHAT THE AIRPLANE HIT OR WHAT WAS WRONG UNTIL HE LOOKED OUT AT THE LEFT WING AND COULD SEE DAMAGE AT TIP.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

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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