# Incident 19880106007919I: Piper PA24250, Santa Barbara, CA, January 6, 1988

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 6, 1988, 11:20 local time
- Place: Santa Barbara, CA
- Airport: Santa Barbara Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- 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: N7138P, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7138P) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24-250 (registry code 7102404, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-250) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA24250
- Reported engine: LYC O540A1A5
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 10,000 total, 300 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880106007919I

## Narrative

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

LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED ON ROLLOUT. FOUND PUSH PULL ROD HAD BEEN BENT. CAUSED A BINDING SO THE ELBOW WOULD NOT LOCK.

## Other reports on N7138P (1)

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

- [Incident 19801227089069I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19801227089069I), Dec 27, 1980: Piper PA24250 (N7138P), New England, ND, Minor damage. Connecting rod bearing failed at cruise. Emergency landing made.

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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