19990724018149I

Incident

FAA incident report · EMB EMB120 · Palm Springs, CA · July 24, 1999

Date: July 24, 1999 · 19:12 local
Place: Palm Springs, CA
Airport: Palm Springs Regional Airport
Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator: SWIA
Aircraft: N271YV
Reported as: EMB EMB120
People aboard: 6
Fatal injuries: 0

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-5)The above mentioned aircraft returned to Palm Springs Regional Airport(psp) on July 24, 1999. Upon gear retraction after takeoff the pilot had to use the down lock release button (override) to raise the landing gear. The gear then retracted normally. Immediatley after retracting the flaps, the flaps aural warning came on and could not be cancelled. Decision was made to return to psp.

As the FAA filed it

(-5)THE ABOVE MENTIONED AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO PALM SPRINGS REGIONAL AIRPORT(PSP) ON JULY 24, 1999. UPON GEAR RETRACTION AFTER TAKEOFF THE PILOT HAD TO USE THE DOWN LOCK RELEASE BUTTON (OVERRIDE) TO RAISE THE LANDING GEAR. THE GEAR THEN RETRACTED NORMALLY. IMMEDIATLEY AFTER RETRACTING THE FLAPS, THE FLAPS AURAL WARNING CAME ON AND COULD NOT BE CANCELLED. DECISION WAS MADE TO RETURN TO PSP.