# Incident 19980312025269I: Cessna 177B, Santa Barbara, CA, March 12, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 12, 1998, 12:41 local time
- Place: Santa Barbara, CA
- Airport: Santa Barbara Municipal
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- 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: N2170C, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2170C) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 177B (registry code 2073708, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-177b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 177B
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 103 total, 57 in this make and model, 33 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980312025269I

## Narrative

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

STUDENT PILOT ON LANDING LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL AND CROSSED THE GRASS-ESITED TO A TAXIWAY.

## Other reports on N2170C (1)

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

- [Incident 19811112080749I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19811112080749I), Nov 12, 1981: Cessna 177B (N2170C), Milan, TN, Minor damage. Student plot dodged a hawk during touchdown, made hard landing. Damaged prop and cowling.

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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