# Incident 20010821034279I: Cessna 208B, Santa Barbara, CA, August 21, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 21, 2001, 07:35 local time
- Place: Santa Barbara, CA
- Airport: Santa Barbara Municipal
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: UNIA
- 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: N9680B, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9680B) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 208B (registry code 2073701, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-208b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-6 series (registry code 52150, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pt6a-6-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 208B
- Pilot flight hours: 4,600 total, 360 in this make and model, 129 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010821034279I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON AUGUST 21, 2001, AIRCRAFT N9680B, WHILE OPERATING AS UNION FLIGHT 34, STRUCK, AND BROKE A RUNWAY END IDENTIFICATION LIGHT, WITH THE MAIN LANDING GEAR DURING LANDING ON RUNWAY 7, AT SBA. NO OTHER DAMAGE RESULTED. THE PILOT STATED THAT THE ENGINE WAS SLOW TO SPOOL UP, RESULTING IN A HIGHER THAN NORMAL SINK RATE. A LETTER OF WARNING ISSUED.

## Other reports on N9680B (2)

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

- [Incident 20170120000469I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170120000469I), Jan 20, 2017: Cessna 208B (N9680B), Avalon, CA, Minor damage. N9680B was spun by a gust of wind when taking the active runway for takeoff and incurred minor damage. No injuries were repored.
- [Incident 19900126006399I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900126006399I), Jan 26, 1990: Cessna 208B (N9680B), Dallas, TX. No response from power lever. Power off landing without incident.

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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