# Accident 19780521034329A: Cessna 337G, Santa Barbara, CA, May 21, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 21, 1978
- Place: Santa Barbara, CA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Initial Approach-IFR
- Location: 34.4036° N, 119.7137° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Santa Barbara, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.4036&lon=-119.7137&mi=10
- Aircraft: N86100, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N86100-1979-02-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna T337D (registry code 2075719, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-t337d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 337G
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 563 total, 83 in this make and model, 13 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX78FA048](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX78FA048) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780521034329A

## Narrative

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

No narrative was filed.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB LAX78FA048](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX78FA048), May 21, 1978: Cessna 337D (N86100), Santa Barbara, CA, destroyed, 2 fatal

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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