# Incident 19810417030869I: Piper PA31, Santa Barbara, CA, April 17, 1981

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 17, 1981, 15:36 local time
- Place: Santa Barbara, CA
- Airport: Santa Barbara
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- 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: N366BC, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N366BC-2012-09-20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-31-310 (registry code 7103102, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-31-310) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA31
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,700 total, 90 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810417030869I

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT OVERAN A 6000 FOOT RUNWAY AND OVERTURNED DURING HIGH SPEED TAXI NO EVIDENCE OF MECHANICAL FAILURE.

## Other reports on N366BC (1)

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

- [Accident 19740109000409A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740109000409A), Jan 9, 1974: Piper PA31 (N366BC), Pontiac, MI, Substantial damage. Loss of pitch control due airframe ice,partially stblzd oscillations by intermittent power use.

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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