# Incident 20020410019409I: Beech 77, Palm Springs, CA, April 10, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 10, 2002, 17:03 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: N6698Y, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6698Y-2007-06-28) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 77 (registry code 1153007, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-77) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-235 series (registry code 41505, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 77
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 117 total, 35 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/20020410019409I

## Narrative

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

(-23) DURING CLIMB OUT FROM THERMAL CA, PILOT OF N6698Y NOTICED THE OIL TEMPERATURE HAD CLIMBED INTO RED ZONE ON THE OIL TEMP GAGE. HE LANDED AT PALM SPRINGS AIRPORT UNEVENTFULLY. CONTACTED MECHANICS WHO COULD NOT DUPLICATE PROBLEM. OWNER ADVISED HIM TO FLY HOME TO RIVERSIDE AIRPORT, CA. PILOT DEPARTED PALM SPRINGS AIRPORT. AFTER FLYING AT 4000 MSL FOR A FEW MINUTES THE OIL TEMP GAGE WENT TO FULL DEFLECTION TO THE RED ZONE. PILOT RETURNED TO PALM SPRINGS AIRPORT, CONTACTED OWNER OF N6698Y WHO FLEW ANOTHER AIRCRAFT OUT TO PALM SPRINGS AIRPORT TO PICK HIM UP. MECHANICS ONCE AGAIN COULD NOT DUPLICATE PROBLEM. ANOTHER PILOT FLEW N6698Y FROM PALM SPRINGS AIRPORT TO RIVERSIDE AIRPORT WITH NO PROBLEMS ENCOUNTERED. SUBSEQUENT INSPECTION FOUND CORRODED WIRE WHICH WAS REPLACED.

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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