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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 172I · Santa Barbara, CA · February 25, 1998

Date: February 25, 1998 · 11:30 local
Place: Santa Barbara, CA
Airport: Santa Barbara Municipal
Phase of flight: Idling Engines
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N46012
Reported as: Cessna 172I
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 860 total400 in this make and model10 in the last 90 days

N46012Registration cancelled Apr 19, 2018 · Cessna 172IS/N 17256987 · Built 1968 Airframe modelCessna 172I Engine modelLycoming O&VO-360 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

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

Narrative: at 1130 hours on 02/25/98 at Santa Barbara airport a landing USMC CH46 helicopter upset N46012, a Cessna 172, by rotor downwash. Investigation closed. No m or d. sba ATCT obviously did not maintain adequate separation to prevent rotor down wash from upsetting light aircraft holding short of runway as instructed by ATC.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: AT 1130 HOURS ON 02/25/98 AT SANTA BARBARA AIRPORT A LANDING USMC CH46 HELICOPTER UPSET N46012, A CESSNA 172, BY ROTOR DOWNWASH. INVESTIGATION CLOSED. NO M OR D. SBA ATCT OBVIOUSLY DID NOT MAINTAIN ADEQUATE SEPARATION TO PREVENT ROTOR DOWN WASH FROM UPSETTING LIGHT AIRCRAFT HOLDING SHORT OF RUNWAY AS INSTRUCTED BY ATC.

Other reports on N46012 · 1

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

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