# Incident 19990608034549I: Piper PA28201T, Santa Barbara, CA, June 8, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 8, 1999, 16:24 local time
- Place: Santa Barbara, CA
- Airport: Santa Barbara Municipal
- Phase of flight: Normal 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: N8088Z, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8088Z) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-201T (registry code 7102819, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-201t) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28201T
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990608034549I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON JUNE 8, 1999, PILOT DAVID ETHAN MILLER, CERTIFICATE NUMBER 2346913, WAS FLYING N8088Z FROM VNY CA TO LPC CA.  AT SAN MARCOS VOR THE PILOT NOTICED THAT HE WAS LOOSING MANIFOLD PRESSURE.  HE INFORMED SBA CONTROL TOWER AND DIVERTED TO SBA.  THE PILOT THEN NOTICED THAT THE MANIFOLD PRESSURE GAGE INDICATION WAS WITHIN LIMITS.  THE ENGINE WAS RUNNING PROPERLY AND ALL ENGINE GAGES WERE WITHIN LIMITS.  HE LANDED AT SBA AIRPORT AND TAXIED TO SIGNATURE FLIGHT FOR FUELING.  HE DID COMPLETE GROUND ENGINE RUN AND FOUND THAT THE ENGINE RAN WELL AND ALL ENGINE GAGES WERE WITHIN LIMITS.  HE FLEW FOR 2.7 HOURS MORE AND FOUND THE ENGINE RAN NORMAL AND THE ENGINE GAGES OPERATED PROPERLY.

## Other reports on N8088Z (1)

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

- [Incident 19930416018249I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930416018249I), Apr 16, 1993: Piper PA28R201T (N8088Z), Mammoth Lakes, CA, Minor damage. Aircraft crabbed left on landing. Gust of wind hit aircraft. Nose gear collapsed. Skidded off runway.

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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