# Incident 20210102000169I: Beech 400, Palm Springs, CA, January 2, 2021

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 2, 2021, 15:45 local time
- Place: Palm Springs, CA
- Airport: Palm Springs International
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: I8PA
- 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: N64VM, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N64VM-2025-08-14) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 400 (registry code 1155400, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-400) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada JT15D 5 series (registry code 52113, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-jt15d-5-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 400
- Reported engine: P&W CANADA JT15D 5 SER
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 5,840 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210102000169I

## Narrative

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

A PASSENGER REPORTED THAT THERE WAS A FIRE IN THE CABIN ABOVE THE LAVATORY SEAT AND HE THREW A DRINK ON IT TO EXTINGUISH IT.  THE EMERGENCY CHECKLIST WAS CONSULTED.  THE PIC STOOD UP AND TURNED AROUND AND COULD SEE NO SMOKE OR FIRE, BUT DID SEE WHAT LOOKED LIKE BURN MARKS BY THE FLUORESCENT CEILING LIGHTS OVER THE LAVATORY SEAT.  BASED ON THE LOCATION OF THE MARKS, AND THE FACT THAT THE FLUORESCENT CEILING LIGHTS WERE ON, POWER WAS REMOVED FROM THE LIGHTING SYSTEM.  AN EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED, AIRCRAFT DIVERTED TO AND LANDED AT PSP WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT.

## Other reports on N64VM (1)

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

- [Incident 20020606013139I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020606013139I), Jun 6, 2002: Beech 400BEECH (N64VM), Wichita, KS. (-23) The aircraft had been left out in a rainstorm at latrobe, PA. Aircraft departed latrobe, PA. (Lbe) on a flight to salina, Kansas. Approximately one hour…

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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