# Incident 19991210035729I: Beech 58P, Palm Springs, CA, December 10, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 10, 1999, 12:20 local time
- Place: Palm Springs, CA
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.8303° N, 116.5453° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Palm Springs, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.8303&lon=-116.5453&mi=10
- Aircraft: N789SL, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N789SL) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 58P (registry code 1152744, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-58p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 58P
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,300 total, 70 in this make and model, 240 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19991210035729I

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE PILOT IN COMMAND OF N789SL HAD FILED AN IFR FLIGHT PLAN FROM PALM SPRINGS (PSP), CA, TO OCEANSIDE (CRQ), CA. AFTER DEPARTURE, THE PILOT NOTED THAT A FUEL TANK CAP HAD BECOME LOOSE AND HE INFORMED ATC THAT HE NEEDED TO RETURN TO THE AIRPORT.  NO EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED AND THE PILOT STARTED HIS TURN BACK TO PSP WITHOUT CLEARANCE FROM ATC.  THE FLIGHT WAS OPERATING IN VMC CONDITIONS AT THE TIME.

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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