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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 172L · Santa Barbara, CA · March 31, 1984

Date: March 31, 1984 · 13:45 local
Place: Santa Barbara, CA
Airport: Santa Barbara
Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N7939G
Reported as: Cessna 172L
Reported engine: Lycoming O320E2D
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 450 total350 in this make and model10 in the last 90 days

N7939GRegistered now · Cessna 172LS/N 17259639 · Built 1970 Airframe modelCessna 172L Engine modelLycoming 0-320 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

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

Lost control of aircraft on a crosswind landing. Struck a taxiway sign as a go around was initiated.

As the FAA filed it

LOST CONTROL OF AIRCRAFT ON A CROSSWIND LANDING. STRUCK A TAXIWAY SIGN AS A GO AROUND WAS INITIATED.