# Incident 20010707029589I: Cessna 500CESSNA, Palm Springs, CA, July 7, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 7, 2001, 14:41 local time
- Place: Palm Springs, CA
- Airport: Palm Springs Regional Airport
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: T19A
- 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: N88GJ (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 500CESSNA
- Reported engine: PWA JT15D1A
- People aboard: 5
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 9,261 total, 480 in this make and model, 55 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010707029589I

## Narrative

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

(-23) TWC AVIATION INC. CERTIFICATE NUMBER T19A419I WAS ON A 135 FLIGHT FROM ORANGE COUNTY AIRPORT, SANTA ANA CA. TO TWIN FALLS AIRPORT, TWIN FALLS IDAHO. AFTER LEVELING OFF AT FLIGHT LEVEL 290 THE RIGHT ENGINE FAN SPEED BEGAN DECREASING AT A RATE OF ABOUT 2% A SECOND. THE CREW ATTEMPTED TO INCREASE POWER WITH THROTTLE, WHICH HAD NO EFFECT AND THROTTLE WAS NOW AT THE FORWARD STOP. IGNITIONS WERE TURNED ON ALSO HAVING NO EFFECT, FAN SPEED DROPPED TO AROUND 82%, AND STAYED THERE, ITT, TURBINE SPEED AND FUEL FLOW SEEMED TO BE APPROPRIATE FOR THE PRESENT FAN SPEED. NORMAL MAXIMUM FAN SPEED IS 102.1% AT THIS ALTITUDE AND TEMPERATURE. THE CREW DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND REQUESTED A HEADING FOR PALM SPRINGS AIRPORT, PALM SPRINGS CA. THEY WERE CLEARED FOR PALM SPRINGS AND TOLD TO EXPECT A VISUAL APPROACH. THE RIGHT ENGINE PRODUCED POWER THROUGHOUT THE EVENT, AND THE CREW MADE A NORMAL VISUAL APPROACH AND LANDED ON RUNWAY 13R. THE CREW AND THREE PASSENGERS WERE NOT INJURED.

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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