# Incident 19990331019729I: Emb EMB120ER, Palm Springs, CA, March 31, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 31, 1999, 10:30 local time
- Place: Palm Springs, CA
- Airport: Palm Springs Regional Airport
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- 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: N299SW, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N299SW-2019-01-14) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Embraer EMB-120ER (registry code 3260203, https://openairdocs.org/model/embraer-emb-120er) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada PW118 (registry code 52116, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pw118) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: EMB EMB120ER
- People aboard: 17
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 16,490 total, 6,855 in this make and model, 248 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990331019729I

## Narrative

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

THE ABOVE MENTIONED AIRCRAFT STARTED DESCENDING FROM 15,000 FEET AGL FOR AN APPROACH TO RUNWAY 13R AT THE PALM SPRINGS REGIONAL AIRPORT. AT 10,000 FEET AGL THE AIRCRAFT ENCOUNTERED +2000 FOOT UP DRAFTS FOLLOWED BY +2000 FOOT DOWN DRAFTS.  AIR SPEED CHANGES WERE NOTED TO CHANGE FROM +50 TO -50 WITH LIGHT TO SEVERE ROCK AND ROLL TURBULENCE.  AIRCRAFT LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT.  A FLIGHT CREW MEMBER (FLIGHT ATTENDANT) RECEIVED A HEAD INJURY AND WAS RELEASED FROM DUTY.  THE FLIGHT ATTENDANT ALSO REPORTED THAT AN INFANT PASSENGER CAME OUT OF HER CAR SEAT AND BUMPED HER FACE.  THE INFANT DID NOT APPEAR TO BE STRAPPED IN HER CAR SEAT.  THE INFORMATION WAS DISCOVERED THROUGH ROUTINE SURVEILLANCE.

## Other reports on N299SW (1)

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

- [Incident 20111227029669I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20111227029669I), Dec 27, 2011: Embraer EMB-120ER (N299SW), Salt Lake City, UT, Minor damage. On December 27, 2011, at approximately 1900 MST, an EMB-120ER, N299SK, operated as skywest airlines flight 1302, struck five runway lights during takeoff from…

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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