# Incident 19980225006979I: Cessna 172I, Santa Barbara, CA, February 25, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 25, 1998, 11:30 local time
- Place: Santa Barbara, CA
- Airport: Santa Barbara Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Idling Engines
- 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: N46012, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N46012-2018-04-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172I (registry code 2072426, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172i) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172I
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 860 total, 400 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980225006979I

## Narrative

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

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.

- [Incident 19780317013579I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780317013579I), Mar 17, 1978: Cessna 172I (N46012), Las Vegas, NV, Minor damage. Pilot ran out of fuel.

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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