# Incident 20160630011049I: Grumman American Avn. Corp. AA-5B, Santa Barbara, CA, June 30, 2016

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 30, 2016, 16:30 local time
- Place: Santa Barbara, CA
- Airport: Santa Barbara Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- 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: N28683, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N28683) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Grumman American Avn. AA-5B (registry code 3960105, https://openairdocs.org/model/grumman-american-avn-aa-5b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GRUMMAN AMERICAN AVN. CORP. AA-5B
- Reported engine: LYCOMING O&VO-360 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 757 total, 160 in this make and model, 28 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160630011049I

## Narrative

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

WHILE PRACTICING TOUCH-AND-GO LANDINGS ON RUNWAY 15R AT THE SANTA BARBARA MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (KSBA), SANTA BARBARA, CA, WITH "LEFT CLOSED TRAFFIC," PILOT BEGAN HAVING PROBLEMS SLOWING THE AIRCRAFT DOWN. ON HIS FINAL APPROACH, AT APPROXIMATELY 70-80 KTS, THE AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCED GROUND EFFECT, TOUCHED DOWN ABOUT MID-FIELD, AND THE NOSE OF THE AIRCRAFT BOUNCED THREE TIMES. PILOT DID NOT REALIZE AT THE TIME OF IMPACT, THAT THE PROPELLER HAD STRUCK THE RUNWAY. THE PILOT DISCOVERED THE BENT BLADE TIPS WHILE TYING DOWN THE AIRCRAFT.

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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