# Incident 20070117001389I: Piper PA44180, Santa Barbara, CA, January 17, 2007

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 17, 2007, 15:13 local time
- Place: Santa Barbara, CA
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.4036° N, 119.7137° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Santa Barbara, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.4036&lon=-119.7137&mi=10
- Aircraft: N357DA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N357DA-2013-08-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-44-180 (registry code 7104402, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-44-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-360-A1D (registry code 41504, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-360-a1d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA44180
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 310 total, 126 in this make and model, 126 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070117001389I

## Narrative

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

(-23) WHILE ON AN IFR FLIGHT, THE AIRCRAFT ENCOUNTERED TURBULENCE AT 10,000 FEET MSL, AND HAD AN UNCOMMANDED 300 FOOT DESCENT.

## Other reports on N357DA (1)

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

- [Accident 19970914026579A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970914026579A), Sep 14, 1997: Piper PA44180 (N357DA), Dalles, OR, Substantial damage. Aircraft landed on interstate west of Dalles, after reporting engine failure.

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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