ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 146381
Last updated: 19 May 2013
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| Date: | 17-JUN-2012 |
| Time: | 15:13 LT |
| Type: | IAI 1124 Westwind I |
| Operator: | Flightstar Inc. |
| Registration: | N911SP |
| C/n / msn: | 244 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Airplane damage: | Minor |
| Location: | Palm Springs International Airport - KPSP, Palm Springs, CA -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Ferry/positioning |
| Departure airport: | VNY/KVNY |
| TRM/KTRM > PSP/KPSP |
The crew of an IAI 1124 Westwind I, enroute from Van Nuys Airport - VNY/KVNY, Van Nuys, California, decided to divert to the better equipped Palm Springs International Airport - PSP/KPSP, Palm Springs, CA, and because the Jacqueline Cochran Regional Airport - TRM/KTRM, Thermal, CA, does not have air traffic control tower personnel who could confirm if the landing gear was deployed.
Police and fire crews were called to Palm Springs International Airport - PSP/KPSP and were standby before the aircraft landed with a retracted nose gear after the crew was unable to deploy it.
Damage to the aircraft appears minor.
Both pilots escaped unhurt.
Sources:
http://www.mydesert.com/article/20120618/NEWS01/120617006/Private-plane-lands-Palm-Springs-without-front-landing-gear
https://flightaware.com/live/flight/N911SP/history/20120617/2127Z/KVNY/KTRM
http://www.faa.gov/data_research/accident_incident/preliminary_data/events01/media/10_911SP.txt
http://jetphotos.net/viewphoto.php?id=6096630 (photo)
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Jun-2012 17:57 | Geno | Added |
| 18-Jun-2012 17:09 | RobertMB | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Total fatalities, Location, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 13-Aug-2012 13:21 | harro | Updated [Source] |
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