# Incident 20030809019749I: Gulstm 680E, Oakland, CA, August 9, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 9, 2003, 09:19 local time
- Place: Oakland, CA
- Airport: Metropolitan Oakland International
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.8044° N, 122.2708° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Oakland, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.8044&lon=-122.2708&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8489C, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8489C-2014-09-03) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aero Commander 680-E (registry code 0141604, https://openairdocs.org/model/aero-commander-680-e) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming GSO&IGSO-480 series (registry code 41529, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-gso-igso-480-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GULSTM 680E
- Reported engine: LYC IGSO480*
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,800 total, 450 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030809019749I

## Narrative

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

(-23) HYDRAULIC FLEX LINE BURST ON TAKE OFF SPRAYING HYDRAULIC FLUID ON THE ENGINE CAUSING SMOKE AND HYDRAULIC FAILURE. AIRCRAFT LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT, REPAIRS WERE MADE, AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO SERVICE.

## Other reports on N8489C (1)

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

- [Incident 19990729018269I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990729018269I), Jul 29, 1999: Gulstm 680E (N8489C), Watsonville, CA, Minor damage. (-5)On July 27, 1999, time unknown Mr. Marl alan cribbs, a private pilot certificate # 571064144, with two passengers on board, operated VFR a Gulfstream…

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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