# Incident 20010623015829I: Cessna 310D, Palm Springs, CA, June 23, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 23, 2001, 11:30 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: N6824T, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6824T) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 310D (registry code 2074212, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-310d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental I0-470 series (registry code 17027, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 310D
- Reported engine: CONT IO470*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 6,000 total, 1,000 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010623015829I

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE PILOT DEPARTED SAN LUIS OBISPO AIRPORT, SAN LUIS OBISPO, CA AT 10:00 AM ENROUTE TO STELLER AIRPARK LOCATED JUST SOUTH OF PHOENIX, AZ. WHILE CRUISING AT 9500 MSL BETWEEN PALM SPRINGS, CA AND BLYTHE, CA THE RIGHT ENGINE QUIT.  THE PILOT PERFORMED ALL EMERGENCY PROCEDURES TO SECURE THE ENGINE AND DIVERTED TO PALM SPRINGS, CA (PSP).  THE AIRCRAFT LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT.  AFTER LANDING THE PILOT INSPECTED THE ENGINE AND DISCOVERED THE NUMBER FIVE (5) CYLINDER PISTON ROD HAD BROKEN IN FLIGHT.  THERE WERE NO INJURIES.

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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