# Incident 20120329005209I: Cessna 550, Palm Springs, CA, March 29, 2012

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 29, 2012, 12:31 local time
- Place: Palm Springs, CA
- Airport: Palm Springs
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: BZUA
- 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: N35ET (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 550
- Reported engine: P&W CANADA 530A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 4,824 total, 1,764 in this make and model, 4 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120329005209I

## Narrative

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

ON DESENT #2 ENGINE ENCOUNTERED COMPRESSOR STALL. TROUBLESHOT AND FOUND BOTH BLEED AIR TORQUE VALVES INOP. REMOVED AND REPLACED BOTH VALVES, AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO SERVICE.

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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