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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cessna 177 · Santa Barbara, CA · August 10, 1979

Date
August 10, 1979 · 19:56 local
Place
Santa Barbara, CA
Phase of flight
To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N2881X
NTSB investigation
NTSBLAX79FUQ42
Reported as
Cessna 177
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
366 total240 in this make and model15 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Attempted takeoff from emergency landing field. Stalled acft on climb, attempting to miss a fence. Hit the fence.

As the FAA filed it

ATTEMPTED TAKEOFF FROM EMERGENCY LANDING FIELD. STALLED ACFT ON CLIMB, ATTEMPTING TO MISS A FENCE. HIT THE FENCE.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.