# Incident 20000617019899I: Cvac 440, Palm Springs, CA, June 17, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 17, 2000, 12:03 local time
- Place: Palm Springs, CA
- Airport: Palm Springs Regional Airport
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: Part 125 operator
- Operator: FEIB
- 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: N24DR, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N24DR-2022-12-03) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Convair 440 (registry code 2422902, https://openairdocs.org/model/convair-440) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney R-2800 series (registry code 52026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-r-2800-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CVAC 440
- Reported engine: PWA R2800CB16
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000617019899I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON JUNE 17, 2000, A CONVAIR 440, DEPARTED PALM SPRINGS AIRPORT, PALM SPRINGS, CALIFORNIA ENROUTE TO ONTARIO, CALIFORNIA. THE PILOT REPORTED THAT THE OIL LEVEL ON THE RIGHT ENGINE THAT WAS INDICATING 28 QUARTS WAS BEING USED AT A HIGHER RATE THAN IS NORMAL. THE PILOT PERFORMED A PRECAUTIONARY ENGINE SHUT DOWN IN FLIGHT AND RETURNED TO THE AIRPORT. THE LANDING WAS MADE WITHOUT INCIDENT, IT WAS DETERMINED THAT A SEAL ON ONE OF THE OIL GALLERY PLUGS WAS LEAKING AND THE PLUG WAS REMOVED AND RESEALED. THE PAPERWORK WAS COMPLETED AND THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED PALM SPRINGS AIRPORT, PALM SPRINGS, CALIFORNIA. THIS INCIDENT IS CONSIDERED CLOSED.

## Other reports on N24DR (2)

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

- [Accident 20190911012859A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190911012859A), Sep 11, 2019: Convair 440 (N24DR), Monclova, OH, Destroyed, 2 fatal. Aircraft was enroute from nqa to tol. Aircraft was cleared to descend from 7000' to 3000' wx CLR10. Aircraft reported airport insight and was descended to…
- [Incident 20000526019889I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000526019889I), May 26, 2000: Cvac 440 (N24DR), Palm Springs, CA. (-23) On may 26, 2000, a convair 440, N24DR, departed el paso, Texas on an IFR flight plan under VFR conditions enroute to ontario, California. During the…

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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