# Incident 19910509020689I: Emb EMB120, Palm Springs, CA, May 9, 1991

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 9, 1991, 11:05 local time
- Place: Palm Springs, CA
- Airport: Palm Springs Municipal Airport
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: SWIA
- Location: 33.8297° N, 116.5067° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PALM SPRINGS INTL (PSP), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.8297&lon=-116.5067&mi=10
- Aircraft: N188SW, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N188SW-2006-05-17) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Embraer EMB-120 (registry code 3260201, https://openairdocs.org/model/embraer-emb-120) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada PW118 (registry code 52116, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pw118) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: EMB EMB120
- People aboard: 30
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 13,809 total, 3,398 in this make and model, 259 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910509020689I

## Narrative

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

ENCOUNTERED SEVERE TURBULENCE DURING CLIMB. RETURNED. ONE CREW AND TWO PASSENGERS SLIGHTLY INJURED.

## Other reports on N188SW (1)

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

- [Incident 19890207016589I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890207016589I), Feb 7, 1989: Emb EMB120 (N188SW), Billings, MT. Unable to raise gear on takeoff. Returned. Unable to duplicate problem. Beleive frost on downlocks prevented unlock

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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