# Incident 20230922021869I: Czech Sport Aircraft As PIPER SPORT, Santa Barbara, CA, September 22, 2023

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 22, 2023, 11:24 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: N34YP, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N34YP-2024-11-09) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Czech Sport PIPER SPORT (registry code 0600073, https://openairdocs.org/model/czech-sport-piper-sport) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rotax 912ULS series (registry code 55572, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rotax-912uls-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CZECH SPORT AIRCRAFT AS PIPER SPORT
- Reported engine: ROTAX 912ULS SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 134 in this make and model, 36 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20230922021869I

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ DEPARTED KSMO WITH KIZA AS DESTINATION. APPROXIMATELY 25 MILES FROM KSBA, THE PILOT NOTICED MANY CLOUDS OVER HIS DESTINATION ON HIS NAVIGATION AID. THE PILOT DECIDED TO DIVERT TO KSBA. UPON TOUCHDOWN, THE AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCED A HARD LANDING, COLLAPSING THE NOSE LANDING GEAR. NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED AND THE AIRCRAFT ONLY SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE.

## Other reports on N34YP (1)

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

- [Incident 20130112000389I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130112000389I), Jan 12, 2013: Czech Sport Aircraft As PIPER SPORT (N34YP), Fernandina, FL, Substantial damage. Following take off at approxamately 500 ft, canopy came open. Pilot made emergency landing and went off runway

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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