# Incident 20121229029129I: Gulfstream American Corp AA-5B, Giddings, TX, December 29, 2012 - Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported - Date: December 29, 2012, 17:45 local time - Place: Giddings, TX - Airport: Giddings-Lee County - Damage: Minor damage - Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight - Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91) - Location: 30.1693° N, 96.9800° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GIDDINGS-LEE COUNTY (GYB), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.1693&lon=-96.9800&mi=10 - Aircraft: N4513N, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4513N) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry model: Gulfstream American AA-5B (registry code 3970106, https://openairdocs.org/model/gulfstream-american-aa-5b) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: GULFSTREAM AMERICAN CORP AA-5B - Reported engine: LYCOMING O&VO-360 SER - People aboard: 4 - Fatal injuries: 0 - Other injuries: 0 - Pilot certificates: Private pilot - Pilot flight hours: 500 total, 300 in this make and model, 12 in the last 90 days - FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/) - Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20121229029129I ## Narrative As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. 12/30/2012 REPONDED TO A NOTIFICATION THAT THE AIRCRAFT MADE A DIVERSIONARY LANDING AT GIDDINGS-LEE COUNTY AIRPORT AT APPROXIMATELY 17:45 ON THE NIGHT OF 12/29/2012. DURING PHONE CONVERSATIONS IT WAS DECIDED TO MOVE THE AIRCRAFT OFF OF THE RUNWAY AND ONTO THE ADJANCENT RAMP SPACE. UPON ARRIVAL AT THE AIRPORT THE AIRCRAFT WAS SEEN TIED DOWN ON THE RAMP IN FRONT OF THE AIRPORT OFFICE BUILDING. THE AIRCRAFT?S NOSE GEAR APPEARED TO BE COLLAPSED AND THE PROPELLOR TIPS WERE BENT. PHOTOGRAPHS WERE TAKEN OF THE GENERAL CONDITION OF THE AIRCRAFT WHERE IT WAS TIED DOWN, AS WELL AS DETAILED PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE NOSE GEAR, PROPELLER AND BATTERY BOX UNDER THE ENGINE COWL. THE NOSE GEAR WAS COLLAPSED AND DRIVEN UP TO AND DENTED INTO THE BOTTOM OF THE ENGINE COWL. THE FLEXIBLE ?BOOT? AT THE BASE OF THE GEAR ATTACHMENT MADE IT IMPOSSIBLE TO TELL WHETHER ONLY THE LANDING GEAR WAS DAMAGED OR IF THE FIREWALL HAD SUSTAINED DAMAGE AS WELL. THE PROPELLER BLADES WERE SCARRED AND THE TIPS WERE BENT INDICATING THAT SOME AMOUNT OF POWER WAS STILL APPLIED WHEN THEY STRUCK THE RUNWAY. THE TOP ENGINE COWLING WAS RAISED ON THE LEEFT AND RIGHT SIDE AND THE FIREWALL WAS INSPECTED AS BEST COULD BE SEEN. THE BATTERY BOX WAS PHOTOGRAPHED AND INSPECTED FOR INDICATIONS OF ELECTRICAL MALFUNCTION AND THE ALTENATOR WAS PHOTOGRAPHED AND INSPECTED VISUALLY. THE BELT APPEARED TO BE INTACT. THE AIRCRAFT MASTER SWITCH WAS PLACED IN THE ?ON? POSITION AND ENGINE INSTRUMENTS WERE CHECKED. PHOTGRPAPHS WERE TAKEN OF THE INSTRUMENT PANEL IN A ?BEFORE AND AFTER? FASHION FOR A POWER OFF AND POWER ON COMPARISION. THE AVIONICS SWITCH WAS PLACED IN THE ON POSITION AND THE COMMUNICATION AND NAVIGATION RADIOS APPEARED TO BE ON AND THE TRANSPONDER APPEARED TO HAVE POWER AND FUNCTION NORMALLY. THE PILOT AND PASSENGERS WERE INTERVIEWED AND STATEMENTS WERE TAKEN. 01/03/2013 THE PILOT PRESENTED THE AIRCRAFT LOGBOOKS FOR INSPECTION. 02/14/2013 PILOT WAS COUNSELED ABOUT OTHER POSSIBLE ACTIONS THAT COULD HAVE BEEN USED DURING THE NIGHT OF THE INCIDENT. 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. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.