# Incident 20110219002509I: Boeing A75N1(PT17), Palm Springs, CA, February 19, 2011

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 19, 2011, 14:12 local time
- Place: Palm Springs, CA
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.8303° N, 116.5453° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Palm Springs, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.8303&lon=-116.5453&mi=10
- Aircraft: N66940, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N66940) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing A75N1(PT17) (registry code 1380134, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-a75n1-pt17) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney R-985 series (registry code 52008, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-r-985-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING A75N1(PT17)
- Reported engine: P&W R-985 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,200 total, 70 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110219002509I

## Narrative

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

PILOT STATED THE HE ENCOUNTERED A GUST OF WIND UPON TOUCHDOWN. CORRECTED AIRCRAFT HOWEVER LIFT WING TIP SCRAPED THE GROUND. NO DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT OTHER THEN PAINT SCRAPES.

## Other reports on N66940 (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 20101012050619A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20101012050619A), Oct 12, 2010: Boeing A75N1(PT17) (N66940), Palm Springs, CA, Substantial damage. The pilot stated he was practicing landings in the traffic pattern at kpsp on runway 13L when the winds began to shift and favor runway 31L/R. While rolling…

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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