# Incident 20070308006449I: Gulstm 500S, Springfield, IL, March 8, 2007

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 8, 2007, 12:40 local time
- Place: Springfield, IL
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.8017° N, 89.6437° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Springfield, IL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.8017&lon=-89.6437&mi=10
- Aircraft: N280MB, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N280MB) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Rockwell International 500-S (registry code 7630410, https://openairdocs.org/model/rockwell-international-500-s) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GULSTM 500S
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 850 total, 25 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070308006449I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ AIRCRAFT DEPARTED SHEBOYGAN, WI, TO TAKE AERIAL PHOTOS IN THE ST. LOUIS AREA. AFTER AN ESTIMATED 4 HOURS OF FLIGHT AT A POINT APPROXIMATELY 40 NM SOUTH OF SPRINGFIELD, IL, THE PILOT NOTICED THE HYDRAULIC PRESSURE WAS NO LONGER IN THE NORMAL OPERATING RANGE. AN EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED WITH SPI ATCT AND THE AIRMAN CONTINUED TO SPI AIRPORT WHERE HE ACCOMPLISHED AN EMERGENCY LANDING. THE AIRCRAFT REMAINED UNDER CONTROL AND WAS TAXIED CLEAR OF THE RUNWAY WITHOUT INCIDENT. THIS INCIDENT IS CLOSED WITH THIS REPORT.

## Other reports on N280MB (1)

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

- [Accident 19780707023369A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780707023369A), Jul 7, 1978: Rkwell 500S (N280MB), Beaver Falls, PA, Substantial damage. Ground observers told pilot his nosewheel was locked during low ps over field.

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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