# Incident 20151231021279I: Cessna 210D, Palm Springs, CA, December 31, 2015

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 31, 2015, 10:30 local time
- Place: Palm Springs, CA
- Airport: Palm Springs International
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Unknown
- 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: N3850Y, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3850Y) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 210D (registry code 2073414, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-210d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 210D
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO 520 SERIES
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Unknown or foreign certificate
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20151231021279I

## Narrative

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

DURING FLIGHT-FOLLOWING THE PILOT STATED TO SCT HE HAD SMOKE IN THE COCKPIT.  THE AIRCRAFT LANDED AT PSP WITHOUT INCIDENT. SHORTLY AFTER LANDING THE PILOT DEPARTED TOWARDS HAVASU.

## Other reports on N3850Y (1)

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

- [Incident 19980816030699I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980816030699I), Aug 16, 1998: Cessna 210D (N3850Y), Las Vegas, NV, Minor damage. Pilot reported having gear problem prior to landing upon landing the left main gear collapsed the pilot and one passenger were not injured. 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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