# Accident 20230502011959A: Sean Derosier G-202, Santa Barbara, CA, May 2, 2023

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 2, 2023, 11:44 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: 34.4262° 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: CGXGS (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: SEAN DEROSIER G-202
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO-375
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20230502011959A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT CGXGS (CANADIAN REGISTERED) DEPARTED SANTA MARIA, CA (KSMX) WITH FINAL DESTINATION OF WINSLOW-LINDBERGH, AZ (KINW). PILOT DIVERTED TO SANTA BARBARA (KSBA) TO WAIT FOR MORE FAVORABLE WEATHER. UPON TOUCHDOWN AT KSBA, AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL (ATC) ADVISES PILOT OF FLAMES OR SMOKE COMING FROM AIRCRAFT. THE PILOT EXITED RUNWAY AT TAXIWAY C, POWERED DOWN AIRCRAFT AND BEGAN ADDRESSING THE FIRE WITH A HAND-HELD FIRE EXTINGUISHER. ULTIMATELY THE FIRE DAMAGED THE INTERIOR AND THE UNDERSIDE OF THE AIRCRAFT. THE DAMGE TO THE UNDERSIDE OF AIRCRAFT WAS SUBSTANTIAL.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

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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