Individually Owned: 150,657
Corporate Owned: 137,281
Palm Springs Muni Airport
Aircraft Accident/Incident Report
Palm Springs, California 92262
Sunday, October 6, 1985 12:16 PDT
NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident
DURING ARRIVAL, THE PLT ENTERED THE TRAFFIC PATTERN BEHIND OTHER ACFT TO LAND ON RWY 12. AT THAT TIME, A BOEING 727 WAS WAITING TO TAKEOFF ON THE SAME RWY. AT 1914:52, THE PLT (OF N92259) WAS INSTRUCTED TO START A LEFT TURN TO THE BASE LEG. AT 1915:04, THE BOEING WAS CLEARED TO TAXI INTO PSN & HOLD, BUT BE READY FOR AN IMMEDIATE TAKEOFF. WHEN OTHER ACFT HAD CLEARED FROM THE RWY AT 1915:41, THE BOEING WAS CLEARED FOR TAKEOFF. THE BOEING IMMEDIATELY BEGAN TAKING OFF AT 1915:44 & THE CONTROLLER INSTRUCTED N92259 TO SQUARE HIS TURN TO FINAL APCH FOR SPACING & TO USE CAUTION FOR WAKE TURBU-LENCE. THE PLT STATED THAT HE LANDED APRX 90 SEC AFTER THE BOEING TOOK OFF. REPORTEDLY, N92259 LANDED ABOUT 1/4 OF THE WAY DOWN THE RWY; HOWEVER, THE ACFT TOUCHED DOWN HARD & BOUNCED 3 OR 4 TIMES, DAMAGING THE PROP, NOSE GEAR & FIREWALL. AFTER LANDING, THE ACFT ROLLED TO THE END OF THE RWY & THE PLT TAXIED TO THE PARKING AREA.
NTSB Probable Cause Narrative
Not Yet Reported
Event Information
| Type of Event | Accident |
| Event Date | 10/6/1985 |
| Event Day of the Week | Sunday |
| Time of Event | 1216 |
| Event Time Zone | Pacific Daylight Time |
| Event City | PALM SPRINGS |
| Event State | CALIFORNIA |
| Event Country | -- |
| Zipcode of the event site | 92262 |
| Event Date Year | 1985 |
| Event Date Month | 10 |
| MidAir Collision Indicator | No |
| On Ground Collision occurred ? | No |
| Event Location Latitude | |
| Event Location Longitude | |
| Event Location Airport | PALM SPRINGS MUNI |
| Event Location Nearest Airport ID | PSP |
| Indicates whether the acc/inc occurred off or on an airport | On Airport |
| Distance from airport in statute miles | 0 |
| Degrees magnetic from airport | 0 |
| Airport Elevation | 448 |
| Weather Briefing Completeness | Not pertinent |
| Investigator's weather source | Pilot |
| Time of the weather observation | 1149 Pacific Daylight Time |
| Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) | 0 |
| Weather Observation Facility ID | PSP |
| Elevation of weather observation facility | 448 |
| Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) | 0 |
| Time Zone of the weather observation | PDT |
| Lighting Conditions | Day |
| Lowest Ceiling Height | 20000 |
| Lowest Non-Ceiling Height | 12000 |
| Sky/Lowest/Cloud Conditions | Scattered |
| Sky Condition for Lowest Ceiling | Broken |
| Visibility Runway Visual Range (Feet) | 0 |
| Visibility Runway Visual Value (Statute Miles) | 0 |
| Visibility (Statute Miles) | 30 |
| Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) | 32 |
| Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) | -- |
| Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) | 290 |
| Variable Wind Indicator | Unknown |
| Wind Speed (knots) | 4 |
| Wind Velocity Indicator | Unknown |
| Wind Gust Indicator | Not Gusting |
| Wind Gust (knots) | 0 |
| Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) | 29 |
| Density Altitude (feet) | -- |
| Intensity of Precipitation | Unknown |
| METAR weather report | -- |
| Event Highest Injury | None |
| On Ground, Fatal Injuries | 0 |
| On Ground, Minor Injuries | 0 |
| On Ground, Serious Injuries | 0 |
| Injury Total Fatal | -- |
| Injury Total Minor | -- |
| Injury Total None | 2 |
| Injury Total Serious | -- |
| Injury Total All | -- |
| Investigating Agency | NTSB |
| NTSB Docket Number (internal use) | 2560 |
| NTSB Notification Source | -- |
| NTSB Notification Date | Oct 10 1985 12:00AM |
| NTSB Notification Time | 1615 |
| Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information | 30053 |
| Date of most recent change to record | Jan 2 2001 9:15AM |
| User who most recently changed record | dbo |
| Basic weather conditions | Visual Meteorological Cond |
| FAA District Office | -- |
Aircraft Involved |
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|---|---|
Aircraft #1 |
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| Aircraft Registration Number | N92259 |
| NTSB Number | LAX86LA009 |
| Missing Aircraft Indicator | N |
| Federal Aviation Reg. Part | Part 91: General Aviation |
| Type of Flight Plan filed | None |
| Flight plan Was Activated? | -- |
| Damage | Substantial |
| Aircraft Fire | None |
| Aircraft Explosion | None |
| Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name | CESSNA |
| Aircraft Model | 182N |
| Aircraft Series Identifier | 182N |
| Aircraft Serial Number | 18260116 |
| Certified Max Gross Weight | 2950 |
| Aircraft Category | Airplane |
| Aircraft Registration Class | U.S. Registered/U.S. Soil |
| Aircraft is a homebuilt? | No |
| Flight Crew Seats | -- |
| Cabin Crew Seats | -- |
| Passenger Seats | -- |
| Total number of seats on the aircraft | 4 |
| Number of Engines | 1 |
| Fixed gear or retractable gear | Fixed |
| Aircraft, Type of Last Inspection | Unknown |
| Date of Last Inspection | Apr 6 1985 12:00AM |
| Airframe hours since last inspection | 112 |
| Airframe Hours | 2569 |
| ELT Installed | Yes |
| ELT Activated | No |
| ELT Aided Location of Event Site | Unknown |
| ELT Type | -- |
| Aircraft Owner Name | |
| Aircraft Owner Street Address | |
| Aircraft Owner City | |
| Aircraft Owner State | |
| Aircraft Owner Country | |
| Aircraft Owner Zipcode | |
| Operator is an individual? | -- |
| Operator Name | STAGEN, CHAVEZ, FAULK JR., |
| Operator Same as Owner? | No |
| Operator Is Doing Business As | -- |
| Operator Address Same as Owner? | No |
| Operator Street Address | 2408 VENTANA CIRCLE |
| Operator City | FARMINGTON |
| Operator State | NM |
| Operator Country | |
| Operator Zip code | 87401 |
| Operator Code | |
| Owner has at least one certificate | None |
| Other Operator of large aircraft? | No |
| Certified for Part 133 or 137 Operation | Unknown |
| Operator Certificate Number | -- |
| Indicates whether an air carrier operation was scheduled or not | -- |
| Indicates Domestic or International Flight | -- |
| Operator carrying Pax/Cargo/Mail | -- |
| Type of Flying (Per_Bus / Primary) | Business |
| Second Pilot on Board | No |
| Departure Point Same as Event | No |
| Departure Airport Code | GCN |
| Departure City | GRAND CANYON |
| Departure State | AZ |
| Departure Country | |
| Departure Time | 1045 |
| Departure Time Zone | MST |
| Destination Same as Local Flt | crash at destination city |
| Destination Airport Code | PSP |
| Destination City | PALM SPRINGS |
| Destination State | CA |
| Destination Country | |
| Specific Phase of Flight | Landing |
| Report sent to ICAO? | -- |
| Evacuation occurred | -- |
| Date of most recent change to record | Jan 2 2001 10:36AM |
| User who most recently changed record | dbo |
| Since inspection or accident | -- |
| Event Location Runway Number and Location | 12 |
| Runway Length | 7013 |
| Runway Width | 150 |
| Sight Seeing flight | No |
| Air Medical Flight | No |
| Medical Flight | -- |