# Incident 20170806017959I: Piper PA 46-350P, Palm Springs, CA, August 6, 2017

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 6, 2017, 19:21 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: N997MA, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N997MA) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA 46-350P (registry code 7104620, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-46-350p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA 46-350P
- Reported engine: LYCOMING TI0-540 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 82 total, 82 in this make and model, 60 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170806017959I

## Narrative

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

DURING DESCENT INTO PSP, ENGINE LOST MANIFOLD PRESSURE AND OIL PRESSURE.  AN EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED.  AIRCRAFT LANDED AT PSP WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. TWO PEOPLE ON BOARD. NO DAMAGE. NO INJURIES.

## Other reports on N997MA (1)

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

- [Accident 20190206009959A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190206009959A), Feb 6, 2019: Piper PA 46-350P (N997MA), Aurora, OR, Destroyed. N997MA, a 1997 PA-46-350P, was returning to kuao under VFR after an instructional flight. PIC was [privacy data omitted] holder of commercial pilot certificate…

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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