# Incident 20150211001819I: Diamond Aircraft Ind Inc DA 42 NG, Palm Springs, CA, February 11, 2015

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 11, 2015, 20:35 local time
- Place: Palm Springs, CA
- Airport: Palm Springs Municipal
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- 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: N593ER, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N593ER) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Diamond Aircraft Ind DA 42 NG (registry code 2990205, https://openairdocs.org/model/diamond-aircraft-ind-da-42-ng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Austro E4 series (registry code 06400, https://openairdocs.org/engine/austro-e4-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DIAMOND AIRCRAFT IND INC DA 42 NG
- Reported engine: AUSTRO E4
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 1,300 total, 128 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150211001819I

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT DEPARTED CARLSBAD, CALIFORNIA IN ROUTE TO PRESCOTT ARIZONA AT 20:00 LOCAL ON 11 FEB 2015. AFTER APPROXIMATELY 20 MINUTES AT CRUISE ALTITUDE OF 11,000 THE POWER ON THE LEFT ENGINE STARTED TO DROP OFF. THE PILOT DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND LANDED AT PALM SPRINGS MUNICIPAL AIRPORT WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. NO INJURIES TO PERSONNEL OR DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT.

## Other reports on N593ER (1)

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

- [Incident 20111222029719I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20111222029719I), Dec 22, 2011: Diamond Aircraft Ind Inc DA 42 NG (N593ER), Flagstaff, AZ, Minor damage. Student training flight three landings at Flagstaff airport; 1st from a simulated engine fire, 2nd from a normal approach to a touch and go, and the 3rd, the…

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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