# Incident 20000728035279I: Cessna 310K, Palm Springs, CA, July 28, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 28, 2000, 23:00 local time
- Place: Palm Springs, CA
- Airport: Palm Springs Regional Airport
- Phase of flight: Climb
- 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: N7011L, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7011L-2012-03-09) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 310K (registry code 2074228, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-310k) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental I0-470 series (registry code 17027, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 310K
- Reported engine: CONT IO470*
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 750 total, 20 in this make and model, 90 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000728035279I

## Narrative

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

(-23)SHORTLY AFTER TAKEOFF FROM PALM SPRINGS, CA DURING CLIMB PHASE OF FLIGHT PILOT NOTICED WHITE/GRAYISH SMOKE EMITING FROM THE RIGHT HAND ENGINE PROMPTING HIM TO RETURN TO THE PALM SPRINGS AIRPORT. INVESTIGATION ON THE GROUND REVEALED RESIDUAL ENGINE OIL FROM SERVICING ON AND AROUND THE EXHAUST AREA.  ENGINE WAS WIPED DOWN AND FLIGHT WAS RESUMED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT.

## Other reports on N7011L (2)

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

- [Incident 20041119033189I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20041119033189I), Nov 19, 2004: Cessna 310K (N7011L), Pine Bluff, AR, Minor damage. (-23) On November 19, 2004, at approximately 1630 a Cessna CE-310-K, registration number N7011L, serial number 310K0111 had nose gear collapse upon landing on…
- [Accident 19880524021259A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880524021259A), May 24, 1988: Cessna 310K (N7011L), Kansas City, MO, Substantial damage. Nose gear collapsed on the landing roll. A bolt holding retract arm to bellcrank broke. Installed backwards.

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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