# Accident 20200927016219A: Cessna T182T, Santa Barbara, CA, September 27, 2020

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 27, 2020, 07:03 local time
- Place: Santa Barbara, CA
- Airport: Santa Barbara Municipal
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.3880° N, 119.8400° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.3880&lon=-119.8400&mi=10
- Aircraft: N157RC, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N157RC-2021-12-04) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna T182T (registry code 2072738, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-t182t) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TIO-540-AK1A (registry code 42005, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-tio-540-ak1a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA T182T
- Reported engine: LYCOMING TIO-540-AK1A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR20LA319](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR20LA319) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200927016219A

## Narrative

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

AIRPLANE DEPARTED RUNWAY 15L ON AN IFR FLIGHT PLAN FROM SANTA BARBARA (SBA) TO TRUCKEE-TAHOE AIRPORT (TRK).  AIRCRAFT  DEPARTURE CONTROL AND TURNED TO A HEADING OF 255 DEGREES WITH A CLIMB TO 8000 FT.  THE AIRPLANE THEN TURNED NORTH, FOLLOWED BY A TURN TO THE EAST WITH A RAPID DESCENT.  RADIO AND RADAR CONTACT WERE LOST.  AIRCRAFT WAS LAST OBSERVED APPROXIMATELY 2 MILES SOUTH OF SBA.

## 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 WPR20LA319](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR20LA319), Sep 27, 2020: Cessna T182 (N157RC), Santa Barbara, CA, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot’s loss of airplane control due to spatial disorientation after entering instrument meteorological conditions.

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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