# Incident 20010103002039I: Cessna 172P, Palm Springs, CA, January 3, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 3, 2001, 12:27 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: N718SP, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N718SP-2008-03-26) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172S (registry code 2072439, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172s) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 SER A&C (registry code 41511, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-ser-a-c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172P
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 7,500 total, 3,000 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010103002039I

## Narrative

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

(-23) N718SP, A CESSNA 172-S DEPARTED PSP (PALM SPRINGS AIRPORT) AFTER TAKEOFF PLANE EXPEREINCED COMPLETE ELECTRICAL FAILURE. BECAUSE OF ELECTRIC SYSTEM FAILURE PILOT COULD NOT TRANSMIT. PILOT RETURNED TO PSP(PALM SPRINGS AIRPORT) AND LANDED SAFELY. MAINTENANCE FOUND THE A/C BATTERY HAD EXPERIENCED A DEAD SHORT IN A CELL RESULTING IN THE ELECTRICALLY FAILURE.

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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