# Incident 20160306007619I: Gates Lear Jet 25B, Palm Springs, CA, March 6, 2016

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 6, 2016, 10:02 local time
- Place: Palm Springs, CA
- Airport: Palm Springs International
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Descent
- 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: N10VG, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N10VG-2022-11-05) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Gates Lear Jet 25B (registry code 5170511, https://openairdocs.org/model/gates-lear-jet-25b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: GE CJ610-SER series (registry code 30006, https://openairdocs.org/engine/ge-cj610-ser-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GATES LEAR JET 25B
- Reported engine: GE CJ610-SER
- People aboard: 6
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 27,500 total, 650 in this make and model, 35 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160306007619I

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT DEPARTED IGM GOING TO ONT.  DURING INITIAL DESCENT SMOKE WAS SEEN IN THE COCKPIT.  AN EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED AND THE AIRCRAFT REROUTED TO PSP.  THE SMOKE QUICKLY DISSIPATED AND THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED TO ONT.  LANDING WAS UNEVENTFUL. NO DAMAGE.  NO INJURIES.

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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