# Incident 20190527005269I: Piper PA-28R-201, Santa Barbara, CA, May 27, 2019

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 27, 2019, 15:44 local time
- Place: Santa Barbara, CA
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- 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: N9436C, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9436C-2021-04-08) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28R-201 (registry code 7102816, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28r-201) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28R-201
- Reported engine: LYCOMING I0360 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 795 total, 13 in this make and model, 17 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190527005269I

## Narrative

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

THE PILOT TOOK OFF FROM RWY 25 AT KSBA. SOON AFTER TAKE-OFF , THE PILOT HEARD RATTLING AND A LOUD SOUND COMING FROM THE ENGINE. THE PILOT DECIDED TO RETURN TO THE AIRPORT. DISTRACTED BY THE UNUSUAL ENGINE NOISE THE PILOT FORGOT TO LOWER THE LANDING GEAR. KSBA TOWER NOTICED THE LANDING GEAR WAS UP AND RADIOED THE PILOT TO GO AROUND. THE PILOT INITIATED A GO AROUND BUT THE AIRCRAFT WAS TOO LOW AND THE PROP, LEFT FLAP, AND RIGHT STEP CONTACTED THE RUN WAY

## Other reports on N9436C (2)

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

- [Incident 20191216018649I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20191216018649I), Dec 16, 2019: Piper PA-28R-201 (N9436C), Oceanside, CA, Minor damage. On December 16, 2019, around 14:00 PST N9436C contacted a chain-link fence and a tree at the departure end of runway 25 while executing a go-around. The…
- [Incident 19820322015189I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820322015189I), Mar 22, 1982: Piper PA28R201 (N9436C), Jacksonville, FL. Pilot landed without radio contact or a clearance. Weather was less than VFR.

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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