# Incident 20040512007529I: Gulstm 114B, Boston, MA, May 12, 2004

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 12, 2004, 15:02 local time
- Place: Boston, MA
- Airport: General Edward Lawrence Logan
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.3629° N, 71.0064° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GENERAL EDWARD LAWRENCE LOGAN INTL (BOS), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.3629&lon=-71.0064&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6048B (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: GULSTM 114B
- Reported engine: LYC IO540T4B5
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 760 total, 286 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/20040512007529I

## Narrative

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

(-23) N6048B COMMANDER CMNDR-114-114B S/N 14676 FSDO-01 WEDNESDAY 05/12/2004 ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ N6048B, COMMANDER AIRCRAFT, COMNDR-114-114B, DEPARTED BOSTON AT 10:54 EDT, 5/12/04 ENROUTE TO BRIDGEPORT. THE AIRCRAFT RETURNED AND LANDED RUNWAY 04 DUE TO A ROUGH RUNNING ENGINE AT 11:01 EDT. THE AIRCRAFT TAXIED BACK TO SIGNATURE FLIGHT SUPPORT. THE PILOT DAVID D. DUBE STATED THAT HE HEARD A BANGING NOISE LIKE HAMMERING DURING THE CLIMB-OUT. HE CALLED FOR HIS MECHANIC AT THREE WINGS AVIATION IN STRATFORD CT. HE ARRIVED 2 HOURS LATER, PULLED THE PLUGS, AND CHECKED COMPRESSION, ALL CHECKED GOOD. THE PILOT REPORTED #3 CYLINDER LOOKED COLD ON HIS COCKPIT MONITOR. THE MECHANIC CHECKED THE FUEL/FILTERS, QUICK-DRAINS (NO WATER NOTED), ENGINE GASCOLATOR, FUEL LINES, EXHAUST, AND PERFORMED A FULL POWER RUN-UP. EVERYTHING CHECKED OUT FINE. THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED AGAIN AT 15:02, ON RUNWAY 09. ON DEPARTURE, AT APPROXIMATELY 100 FEET AGL, THE PILOT EXPERIENCED A ROUGH RUNNING ENGINE AGAIN, HOWEVER, DURING THE LANDING SEQUENCE, THE PILOT FAILED TO LOWER THE LANDING GEAR. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED ON THE CENTERLINE AND SKIDDED ON ITS BELLY APPROXIMATELY 500 FEET. THERE WAS MINOR DAMAG                    E TO THE FLAPS, NOSE GEAR DOORS, PROP, AND SUDDEN STOPPAGE TO THE ENGINE. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^

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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