# Accident 19790603009979A: Cessna 180, Santa Barbara, CA, June 3, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 3, 1979, 13:44 local time
- Place: Santa Barbara, CA
- Airport: Santa Barbara
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.4262° N, 119.8415° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SANTA BARBARA MUNI (SBA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.4262&lon=-119.8415&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3401M (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 180
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 27 total, 27 in this make and model, 8 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX79DUQ33](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX79DUQ33) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790603009979A

## Narrative

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

STUDENT PILOT LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL ON LANDING ROLL.

## 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 LAX79DUQ33](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX79DUQ33), Jun 3, 1979: Cessna 180 (N3401M), Santa Barbara, CA, substantial damage

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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