# Accident 19800812041869A: Piper PA28161, Santa Barbara, CA, August 12, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 12, 1980, 14:00 local time
- Place: Santa Barbara, CA
- Airport: Santa Barbara
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- 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: N6394C, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6394C) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-161 (registry code 7102803, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-161) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28161
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 43 total, 34 in this make and model, 23 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX80FUQ25](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX80FUQ25) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800812041869A

## Narrative

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

BOUNCED ON HARD LANDING ACCORDING TO WITNESS. NOSE WHEEL COLLAPSED. NO EVIDENCE OF FAILED PARTS.

## 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 LAX80FUQ25](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX80FUQ25), Aug 12, 1980: Piper PA-28 (N6394C), Santa Barbara, CA, substantial damage

## Other reports on N6394C (2)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19990811024239I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990811024239I), Aug 11, 1999: Piper PA28161 (N6394C), Santa Barbara, CA. Student pilot on solo x country from torrance to Santa Barbara, CA, lost control of a/c while landing in a xwind on r/w 15R sba. Her a/c swerved off the r/w…
- [Incident 19790512028639I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790512028639I), May 12, 1979: Piper PA28161 (N6394C), Fullerton, CA, Minor damage. Pilot lost control during rollout due to gusty winds, hit runway lights, damaged nose faring, flaps.

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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