# Incident 20010214002019I: Beech A36, Palm Springs, CA, February 14, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 14, 2001, 09:00 local time
- Place: Palm Springs, CA
- Airport: Palm Springs Regional Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- 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: N83CT, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N83CT) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech A36 (registry code 1151604, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-a36) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH A36
- Reported engine: CONT IO520BA
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 9,600 total, 6,500 in this make and model, 60 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010214002019I

## Narrative

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

(-23)AIRCRAFT DEPARTED FULLERTON, CA AIRPORT ENROUTE TO DALLAS, TX. AT APPROXIMATELY 1700 FEET AGL AND TWENTY MILES EAST OF PALM SPRINGS, CA. AIRCRAFT DEVELOPED LOW OIL PRESSURE AND LOST MANIFOLD PRESSURE.  PILOT DECLARDED AN INFLIGHT EMERGENCY IN WHICH HE WAS CLEARED TO LAND AT PALM SPRINGS AIRPORT.  DURING FINAL DESCENT LEG AIRCRAFT SEIZED AND LOST POWER.  SUBSEQUENTLY, AIRCRAFT LANDED AT PALM SPRINGS AIRPORT AT APPROXIMATELY 0900.  GROUND INSPECTION REVEALED HAD SUFFERED CATASTROPHIC FAILURE DUE TO THE NUMBER FOUR PISTON ROD FAILING (APPROXIMATELY A 4" FOLE WAS OBSERVED ON THE TOP PART OF THE ENGINE BLOCK).

## Other reports on N83CT (1)

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

- [Incident 20121002022989I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20121002022989I), Oct 2, 2012: Beech A36 (N83CT), Middletown, PA, Substantial damage. The subject aircraft was on an IFR flight from (T90) to (1N9). Deteriorating landing conditions in NJ. And eastern pa. Resulted in the flight diverting from…

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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