# Incident 19900411022469I: Piper PA28181, Santa Barbara, CA, April 11, 1990

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 11, 1990, 10:55 local time
- Place: Santa Barbara, CA
- Airport: Santa Barbara Municipal
- Damage: Minor 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: N38700, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N38700) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-181 (registry code 7102807, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-181) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-360-A1D (registry code 41504, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-360-a1d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28181
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 86 total, 60 in this make and model, 60 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900411022469I

## Narrative

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

STUDENT PILOT MADE A HARD LANDING. BOUNCED AND NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED WHEN AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN AGAIN.

## Other reports on N38700 (1)

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

- [Incident 19950630025169I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950630025169I), Jun 30, 1995: Piper PA28181 (N38700), Palm Springs, CA. Found taxiway clocked by security vehicle causing turn off into construction area. Stopped. Security needed review.

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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