# Accident 19960421008009A: Beech V35B, Santa Barbara, CA, April 21, 1996

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 21, 1996, 13:11 local time
- Place: Santa Barbara, CA
- Airport: Santa Barbara Municipal
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Forced Landing
- 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: N8711V, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8711V-2011-04-28) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech V35B (registry code 1151548, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-v35b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH V35B
- Reported engine: CONT IO520BA
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,788 total, 1,517 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX96LA175](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX96LA175) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960421008009A

## Narrative

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

LOST POWER ON APPROACH. IMPACTED CHAIN LINK FENCE ROAD SIGN. STOPPED IN A CANAL. FUEL ON EMPTY TANK. DIRT IN FUEL.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB LAX96LA175](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX96LA175), Apr 21, 1996: Beech V35B (N8711V), Santa Barbara, CA, destroyed. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to select a fuel tank containing an adequate quantity of fuel prior to landing, which resulted in fuel starvation.

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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