# Incident 19940718030309I: Beech B36TC, Santa Barbara, CA, July 18, 1994

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 18, 1994, 07:27 local time
- Place: Santa Barbara, CA
- Airport: Santa Barbara Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- 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: N6687D, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6687D) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech B36TC (registry code 1151609, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-b36tc) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH B36TC
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,000 total, 350 in this make and model, 90 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940718030309I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: A/C TOOK OFF FROM SBA ON AN IFR TO VFR ON TOP CLEARANCE ENROUTE TO BFL. AFTER REACHING VFR ON TOP PILOT REPORTED A ROUGH RUNNING ENGINE AND REQUESTED AN EMERGENCY RETURN TO SBA. ENGINE QUIT AND A/C MADE A FORCED LANDING IN A FIELD 1 MILE WEST OF SBA AIRPORT. NO INJURIES, MINOR DAMAGE. INVESTIGATION REVEALED LACK OF SUFFICIENT FUEL IN R/H TANK, AND IMPROPER OPERATION OF A/C ELEC. BOOST PUMP, FLOODING ENGINE, PREVENTING AN ENGINE RESTART.

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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