# Accident 19790810028289A: Cessna 177, Santa Barbara, CA, August 10, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 10, 1979, 19:56 local time
- Place: Santa Barbara, CA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- 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: N2881X, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2881X-1981-12-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 177 (registry code 2073704, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-177) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 177
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 366 total, 240 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX79FUQ42](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX79FUQ42) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790810028289A

## Narrative

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

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

## 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 LAX79FUQ42](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX79FUQ42), Aug 10, 1979: Cessna 177 (N2881X), 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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