# Accident 20130717014059A: Cessna 172S, Santa Barbara, CA, July 17, 2013

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 17, 2013, 13:00 local time
- Place: Santa Barbara, CA
- Airport: Santa Barbara Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.4222° N, 119.8381° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.4222&lon=-119.8381&mi=10
- Aircraft: N971TA, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N971TA) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172S (registry code 2072439, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172s) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-360-L2A (registry code 41597, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-360-l2a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172S
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO-360-L2A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 57 total, 57 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR13CA332](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR13CA332) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130717014059A

## Narrative

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

ON 7/17/2013 THE STUDENT PILOT ON A SOLO CROSS COUNTRY FROM SNA TO SBA PORPOISED AND BOUNCED ON TOUCH DOWN AT SBA CAUSING THE PROPELLER TO STRIKE THE RUNWAY BENDING THE PROPELLER AND CAUSING FIREWALL DAMAGE. THE DAMAGE WAS NOT KNOWN OR REPORTED UNTIL THE AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO SNA ON 7/17/2013 AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS PUSHED BACK INTO ITS TIE DOWN AT SNA. A PASSER BY ASSITED THE PILOT PUSH BACK THE AIRCRAFT AND IT WAS AT THAT TIME THE PASSER BY NOTICED THE DAMAGE AND INFORMED THE PILOT.

## 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 WPR13CA332](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR13CA332), Jul 17, 2013: Cessna 172S (N971TA), Santa Barbra, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's inadequate landing flare, which resulted in a hard landing.

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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