# Incident 20000507034089I: Piper PA28RT201T, Palm Springs, CA, May 7, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 7, 2000, 16:28 local time
- Place: Palm Springs, CA
- Airport: Palm Springs Regional Airport
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- 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: N2839Y, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2839Y) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28RT-201T (registry code 7102817, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28rt-201t) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-360 series (registry code 17019, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28RT201T
- Reported engine: CONT TSIO360*
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 165 total, 50 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000507034089I

## Narrative

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

(-23)^PRIVACY D^ DEPARTED GUYMAS, MEXICO, ENROUTE TO FRENSO, CA VIA COLEXICO, CA. ^PRIVACY D^ LANDED AT COLEXICO, CLEAR CUSTOMS, AND REFUEL.  AFTER DEPARTING COEXICO AND ONCE OVER THE SALTON SEA, THERE WAS A BRIEF INTERMITTENT ROUGHNESS IN THE ENGINE. ^PRIVACY D^ WAS ON FLIGHT FOLLOWING SO HE INFORMED THEM THAT HE WAS GOING TO LAND IN PALM SPRINGS.  DURING THE DESCENT THE ENGINE RAN SMOOTHLY AND THE PROBLEM APPEARED TO HAVE RESOLVED.  HE LANDED IN PALM SPRINGS AND SPOKE WITH THE ON CALL MECHANIC AT SIGNAUTRE AVIATION. THEY DETERMINED THAT THE PROBABLE CAUSE OF THE INTERMITTENT ROUGHNESS WAS WATER IN THE FUEL. MR. KNOTT TESTED THE FUEL FOR WATER, WHICH APPEARED TO BE CLEAR, AND PERFORMED A TEST FLIGHT WITH NO APPARENT PROBLEMS.  ^PRIVACY D^ AND THREE PASSENGERS RECEIVED NO INJURIES.

## Other reports on N2839Y (1)

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

- [Incident 19861010056609I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19861010056609I), Oct 10, 1986: Piper PA28RT201T (N2839Y), San Jose, CA, Minor damage. Pilot retracted gear on takeoff causing propeller to strike the runway.

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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