# Accident 20090823016949A: Piper PA24260, Santa Barbara, CA, August 23, 2009

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 23, 2009, 10:36 local time
- Place: Santa Barbara, CA
- Airport: Santa Barbara Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.4333° N, 119.7967° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.4333&lon=-119.7967&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8775P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8775P-2009-10-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24-260 (registry code 7102406, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-260) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA24260
- Reported engine: LYC TIO540*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 294 total, 36 in this make and model, 36 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR09LA412](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR09LA412) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090823016949A

## Narrative

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

(-23)  ON 08/23/09 PIPER COMANCHE (PA24-260) N8775P, S/N 24-4226 WHILE ENROUTE FROM FRENCH VALLEY AIRPORT (F70) TO SANTA BARBARA AIRPORT (SBA) LOST POWER AND LANDED ON THE SOUTHBOUND HIGHWAY 101 (APPROX 1 MILE NORTHEAST OF SBA) AGAINST THE FLOW OF TRAFFIC STRIKING THREE VEHICLES AND SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGING THE AIRCRAFT.  THE PILOT STATED THAT A POST-IMPACT EXAMINATION OF THE FUEL CELLS REVEALED NO EVIDENCE OF FUEL.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB WPR09LA412](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR09LA412), Aug 23, 2009: Piper PA-24-260 (N8775P), Santa Barbara, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: A loss of power during approach due to fuel exhaustion for undetermined reasons

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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