# Accident 20040111000649A: Gulstm 500, Allendale, SC, January 11, 2004

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 11, 2004, 14:10 local time
- Place: Allendale, SC
- Airport: Allendale County Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Aborted (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.9903° N, 81.2686° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.9903&lon=-81.2686&mi=10
- Aircraft: N800SL, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N800SL-2005-02-25) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aero Commander 500 (registry code 0141102, https://openairdocs.org/model/aero-commander-500) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-540 series (registry code 41530, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GULSTM 500
- Reported engine: LYC O540A2B
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,263 total, 78 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL04LA065](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL04LA065) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040111000649A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON JANUARY 11, 2004, AT 1410 LOCAL, AN AERO COMMANDER 500, N800SL, REGISTERED TO AND OPERATED BY AN AIRLINE TRANSPORT PILOT, COLLIDED IN A DITCH DURING AN ABORTED TAKEOFF AT ALLENDALE COUNTY AIRPORT, ALLENDALE, SC. THE PERSONAL FLIGHT WAS OPERATED UNDER PART 91 WITH NO FLIGHT PLAN FILED. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. THE PILOT AND PASSENGER WERE UNINJURED AND THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE.

## 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 ATL04LA065](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL04LA065), Jan 11, 2004: Aero Commander 500 (N800SL), Allendale, SC, substantial damage. Probable cause: The failure of the hydraulic brake system accumulator due to a ruptured diaphragm. A factor was the ditch.

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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