# Incident 20020906024149I: Dhav DHC8202, Palm Springs, CA, September 6, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 6, 2002, 06:51 local time
- Place: Palm Springs, CA
- Airport: Palm Springs Regional Airport
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: MASA
- 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: N436YV, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N436YV) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Dehavilland DHC-8-202 (registry code 2809007, https://openairdocs.org/model/dehavilland-dhc-8-202) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada PW123 (registry code 52129, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pw123) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DHAV DHC8202
- Reported engine: PWA PW123
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,700 total, 1,500 in this make and model, 200 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020906024149I

## Narrative

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

(-23) A MESA AIRLINES DEHAVILLAND DHC-8-202, CALL SIGN ASH 902 WAS BEING REPOSITIONED TO PALM SPRINGS AIRPORT FROM PHOENIX, AZ, WHEN DURING DESCENT THE NUMBER ONE ENGINE OIL PRESSURE LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE PIC SHUT THE NUMBER ONE ENGINE DOWN, DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND LANDED THE AIRCRAFT WITH OUT ANY FURTHER INCIDENTS AT PALM SPRING AIRPORT. NO INJURIES OCCURRED TO THE CREW AND EVACUATION WENT SMOOTHLY. NO PASSENGERS WERE ABOARD THE AIRCRAFT.

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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