# Accident 20200609006129A: Cessna 172N, Santa Barbara, CA, June 9, 2020

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 9, 2020, 11:10 local time
- Place: Santa Barbara, CA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.4272° N, 119.8400° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.4272&lon=-119.8400&mi=10
- Aircraft: N75989, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N75989-2021-09-11) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172N (registry code 2072434, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172N
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 160 total, 160 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR20CA178](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR20CA178) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200609006129A

## Narrative

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

AT 1110 PDT ON JUNE 9, 2020, N75989 TOUCHED DOWN ON KSBA RUNWAY 13L AT A HIGH RATE OF DESCENT CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO BOUNCE AIRBORNE. THE PILOT IMMEDIATELY ATTEMPTED A GO-AROUND AFTER TOUCHDOWN. FOLLOWING THROTTLE ADVANCEMENT, THE PILOT ELECTED ANOTHER LANDING ATTEMPT. THE PILOT REDUCED POWER AND THE AIRCRAFT DESCENDED, THE PILOT THEN TURNED THE AIRFRAFT TO THE LEFT SUBSEQUENTLY STRIKING THE LEFT WINGTIP ON RUNWAY AND TAXIWAY BRAVO. THE PILOT LOST CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT, HE THE AIRCRAFT PROGRESSED ON TAXIWAY BRAVO AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED. THE AIRCRAFT THEN PENETRATED THE SECURITY IDENTIFICATION DISPLAY AREA, AND IMPACTED THE SECURITY FENCE NORTH OF SALLY PORT GATE. THE AIRCRAFT WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGE AND THE FENCE WAS DESTROYED.

FACTS PRIOR TO THE ACCIDENT:

BEFORE THE ACCIDENT, THE PILOT, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, DEPARTED ON A SOLO CROSS-COUNTRY FLIGHT. THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, REVIEWED ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ FLIGHT PLAN, BUT FAILED TO ENDORSE ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ FOR THE FLIGHT. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ CLAIMS THAT HE DID NOT KNOW THAT A FORMER SOLO CROSS-COUNTRY ENDORSEMENT WAS NOT SUFFICIENT FOR THIS FLIGHT AS THE FORMER WAS LIMITED TO A SPECIFIC FLIGHT.

^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ DEPARTED FROM KEMT AT 0905 AND LANDED AT KCMA AT 0951. HE THEN OPERATED AT KCMA FROM 0957 TO 1011. FINALLY, HE DEPARTED KCMA AT 1047 AND LANDED AT KSBA AT 1114.

THERE ARE NO INDICATIONS THAT THE AIRCRAFT MALFUNCTIONED.

THE WEATHER AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT WAS ACCEPTABLE AND WITHIN LIMITS FOR THE AIRCRAFT AND STUDENT PILOT REQURIMENTS. KSBA REPORTED THE WEATHER AS CLEAR WITH 10SM VISIBLITY, WITH WIND AT 230 AT 6 KTS, ACCODING TO THE METARS BELOW:

KSBA METAR AT 091753Z 23006KT 10 SM CLR

KSBA METAR AT 091853Z 24008KT 10 SM CLR

OTHER FACTS:

1) THE ONLY INJURIES WERE TO SOLE OCCUPANT: FOUR SUPERFICIAL SCRAPES ON HIS LEFT ARM.

2) PILOT: ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, STUDENT PILOT ISSUED 11/12/2018. TT: 140 HOURS.

3) THE AIRCRAFT WAS RENTED FROM ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, EL MONTE, CA.

## 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 WPR20CA178](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR20CA178), Jun 9, 2020: Cessna 172 (N75989), Santa Barbara, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during landing, which resulted in a runway excursion and collision with a fence.

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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