# Accident 19800113000039A: Cessna 207, Santa Barbara, CA, January 13, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 13, 1980, 13:05 local time
- Place: Santa Barbara, CA
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Initial Approach-IFR
- 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: N73173, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N73173-1980-02-29) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna T207A (registry code 2073614, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-t207a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 207
- People aboard: 5
- Fatal injuries: 5
- Pilot flight hours: 0 in this make and model, 760 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX80FA034](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX80FA034) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800113000039A

## Narrative

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

DEPARTED IFR WITH KNOWN DEFECTIVE GYRO HORIZON. LOST CONTROL OF AIRPLANE DESCENDING IFR IN HOLDING PATTERN.

## 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 LAX80FA034](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX80FA034), Jan 13, 1980: Cessna T207A (N73173), Santa Barbara, CA, destroyed, 6 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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