# Incident 20060915019589I: Gulstm 500B, Omaha, NE, September 15, 2006

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 15, 2006, 08:04 local time
- Place: Omaha, NE
- Airport: Eppley Airfield
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: ZJWA
- Location: 41.3032° N, 95.8941° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at EPPLEY AIRFIELD (OMA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.3032&lon=-95.8941&mi=10
- Aircraft: N446AE, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N446AE) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aero Commander 500-B (registry code 0141106, https://openairdocs.org/model/aero-commander-500-b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GULSTM 500B
- Reported engine: LYC IO540B1A5
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060915019589I

## Narrative

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

(-23) N44AE, GA-500-B, BEING OPERATED BY CENTRAL AIR SOUTHWEST, INC., WAS IN CRUISE FLIGHT, ENROUTE TO OMAHA, NE, WHEN THE LEFT ENGINE STARTED TO LOSE RPM. THE PILOT SHUT DOWN THE ENGINE AND DECLARED AN EMERGENCY. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE TECHNICIANS CHECKED THE PROPELLER GOVERNOR SCREEN AND FOUND FINE METAL SHAVINGS. IT APPEARED THAT THE GOVERNOR FAILED DUE TO INSUFFICIENT OIL SUPPLY. THE ENGINE WAS TO BE REMOVED AND SENT IN FOR OVERHAUL AND FURTHER INVESTIGATION INTO THE CAUSE OF THE INSUFFICIENT OIL SUPPLY TO THE PROPELLER GOVERNOR. ENGINE TT 11,000, TSOH 1,300.

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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