# Incident 20080309013849I: Gulstm 114, St Petersburg, FL, March 9, 2008

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 9, 2008, 16:10 local time
- Place: St Petersburg, FL
- Airport: Albert Whitted
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 27.7651° N, 82.6269° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ALBERT WHITTED (SPG), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.7651&lon=-82.6269&mi=10
- Aircraft: N511CA, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N511CA) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Rockwell International 114 (registry code 7630314, https://openairdocs.org/model/rockwell-international-114) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GULSTM 114
- Reported engine: LYC TIO540*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 6,000 total, 70 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/20080309013849I

## Narrative

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

(-23) N511CA, A PRIVATELY OWNED AND OPERATED ROCKWELL COMMANDER WAS ON A PLEASURE FLIGHT DEPARTING THE ALBERT WHITTED AIRPORT, FL. DURING CLIMBOUT AT APPROXIMATELY 3200 FEET AGL THE ENGINE SUDDENLY QUIT. PILOT INDICATED FUEL FLOW GAUGE WAS NEAR ZERO AND ATTEMPTED TO UNSUCCESSFULLY RESTART ENGINE BY SELECTING MULTIPLE FUEL TANK POSITIONS. PILOT IDENTIFIED EMERGENCY LANDING SITE ON NEARBY ISLAND ONE MILE SOUTH OF ST PETERSBURG FLORIDA. DURING LANDING ON BEACH AREA, AIRCRAFT ENCOUNTERED UNEVEN SOFT SAND SURFACE CAUSING AIRCRAFT TO PORPOISE. AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST UPRIGHT ON ITS NOSE CAUSING DAMAGE TO PROP, NOSE LANDING GEAR AND UPPER AND LOWER ENGINE COWLING.

## Other reports on N511CA (1)

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

- [Incident 19781119026419I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19781119026419I), Nov 19, 1978: Rkwell 114 (N511CA), Bakersfield, CA, Minor damage. On landing, durng instructional flight, gear was retracted instead of flaps by student.

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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