# Accident 20111226029619A: Aero Commander 560-F, Venice, FL, December 26, 2011

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 26, 2011, 14:06 local time
- Place: Venice, FL
- Airport: Venice Municipal Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 27.1139° N, 82.7258° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.1139&lon=-82.7258&mi=10
- Aircraft: N560WM, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N560WM-2013-06-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aero Commander 560-F (registry code 0141408, https://openairdocs.org/model/aero-commander-560-f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AERO COMMANDER 560-F
- Reported engine: LYCOMING LYCOMING
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 6,000 total, 1,500 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA12FA123](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA12FA123) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20111226029619A

## Narrative

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

SHORTLY AFTER TAKEOFF FROM VENICE MUNICIPAL AIRPORT ENROUTE TO LAFAYETTE GEORGIA, DR. BUSTILLO ADVISED ATC THAT HE HAD LOST HIS LEFT ENGINE AND REQUESTED THE NEAREST AIRPORT.  ATC GAVE HIM VECTORS BACK TO VENICE MUNICIPAL AIRPORT.  THE AIRPLANE WAS OBSERVED TO PITCH STRAIGHT UP, STALL, AND SPIN TO THE LEFT THREE TIMES BEFORE IT COLLIDED WITH THE GROUND UPRIGHT. ABOUT 1 MINUTES AND 30 SECONDS AFTER THE AIRPLANE COLLIDED WITH THE GROUND IT WAS ENGULFED IN FLAMES. THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED THE GROUND AT A VERY HIGH ANGLE.  DR. BUSTILLO SUFFERED FATAL INJURIES.

## 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 ERA12FA123](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA12FA123), Dec 26, 2011: Aero Commander 560-F (N560WM), Venice, FL, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain adequate airspeed during a single-engine approach, which resulted in an aerodynamic stall. Contributing to the accident was the total loss of power in the left engine…

## Other reports on N560WM (1)

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

- [Accident 19950107001239A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950107001239A), Jan 7, 1995: Gulstm 560F (N560WM), Canfield, OH, Substantial damage. Crashed after belated aborted takeoff. (-23) on January 7, 1995, at approximately 0805 EST, at Brocker airport, Canfield, Ohio, an aerocommander 560F, N560WM,…

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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