20061021024759I

Incident

FAA incident report · Boeing PT17 · Palm Springs, CA · October 21, 2006

Date
October 21, 2006 · 11:17 local
Place
Palm Springs, CA
Airport
Palm Springs Regional Airport
Phase of flight
To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N4410
Reported as
Boeing PT17
Reported engine
Continental W670*
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
4,739 total380 in this make and model39 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) Aircraft took off from Palm Springs, runway 31 left. Aircraft failed to produce enough power to sustain flight and pilot landed aircraft in field just to the west of runway.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) AIRCRAFT TOOK OFF FROM PALM SPRINGS, RUNWAY 31 LEFT. AIRCRAFT FAILED TO PRODUCE ENOUGH POWER TO SUSTAIN FLIGHT AND PILOT LANDED AIRCRAFT IN FIELD JUST TO THE WEST OF RUNWAY.