# Incident 20030621015549I: Gulstm 500S, West Palm Beach, FL, June 21, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 21, 2003, 09:15 local time
- Place: West Palm Beach, FL
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 26.7153° N, 80.0534° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of West Palm Beach, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.7153&lon=-80.0534&mi=10
- Aircraft: N507JP, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N507JP) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Rockwell International 500-S (registry code 7630410, https://openairdocs.org/model/rockwell-international-500-s) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-540 series (registry code 41530, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GULSTM 500S
- Reported engine: LYC IO540E1B5
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,600 total, 300 in this make and model, 35 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030621015549I

## Narrative

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

(-23) WHILE ON A FLIGHT FROM JACKSONVILLE FL. (CRG) TO FORT LAUDERDALE (FXE), N507JP EXPERIENCED ENGINE PROBLEMS ON THE #2 ENGINE. THE PILOT WAS MR. JOHN PAPAGEORGE. APPROXIMATELY 2 MINUTES AFTER INITIATING A DESCENT FROM 11,500 THE PILOT NOTICED A VIBRATION AND OBSERVED THE R/H ENGINE FUEL FLOW FLUCTUATING. HE ENRICHED THE FUEL MIXTURES AND TURNED ON THE FUEL PUMPS. THE VIBRATION CONTINUED AND THE PILOT MOVED THE R/H THROTTLE BACK AND THEN UP TO CONFIRM THAT THE PROBLEM WAS WITH THE R/H ENGINE. AT THIS TIME THE VIBRATION WORSENED FOLLOWED BY A LOUD THUMP AND A LARGE BANG. THE PASSENGER WITNESSED PARTS FLYING OFF THE R/H ENGINE. THE PILOT NOTICED THE GUAGES FOR THE R/H ENGINE GO TO ZERO AND THEN FEATHERED AND SHUT DOWN THE ENGINE. THE PILOT INFORMED MIAMI CENTER OF THE PROBLEM. THEY ADVISED THAT PALM BEACH COUNTY AIRPARK WAS 5 MILES AWAY. THE PILOT ELECTED TO CONTINUE TO FORT LAUDERDALE EXECUTIVE AIRPORT WHERE HE LANDED SAFELY ON RUNWAY 13. THE AIRCRAFT WAS TOWED TO THE OWNERS HANGAR AND INSPECTION REVEALED THAT THE #5 CYL. HAD SEPARATED FROM THE ENGINE CASE CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE ENGINE COWLING AND R/H WING LEADING EDGE. THE CYLINDER DID STAY WITH THE AIRCRAFT.

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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