# Incident 20250424008199I: Cessna 170B, Santa Barbara, CA, April 24, 2025

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 24, 2025, 17:30 local time
- Place: Santa Barbara, CA
- Airport: Santa Barbara Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- 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: N4695C, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4695C) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 170B (registry code 2072306, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-170b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental C145 series (registry code 17012, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c145-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 170B
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR C145 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 90 total, 21 in this make and model, 21 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250424008199I

## Narrative

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

THE PIC HAD NOT FLOWN A TAIL DRAGGER AIRPLANDE PRIOR TO PURCHASING THIS AIRCRAFT JUST WEEKS BEFORE. THE PILOT COMPLETED 21 HOURS TOTAL, IN THIS AIRCRAFT, BETWEEN TRAINING, TAILDRAGGER ENDORSEMENT AND THE FERRY FLIGHT HOME, FOUR DAY PRIOR.

THIS WAS THE FIRST PATTERN AND LANDING OF THE DAY FOR THIS PILOT SENSE RETURNING HOME WTH THE NEWLY AQUIRED TAILDRAGGER AIRCRAFT. THE PILOT NOW FLYING WITHOUT A CFI OR PASSANGER ON BOARD, AFTER LANDING, ON THE ROLL OUT, ALLOWED THE AIRCRAFT TO BE TOO NOSE DOWN, ALLOWING THE PROP STRIKE THE RUNWAY.  AFTER THE PROP STRIKE THE PILOT EXITED ACTIVE RUNWAY ONTO THE CROSSING RUNWAY WHERE THE AIRCRAFT WAS MOVED TO AN FBO.

## Other reports on N4695C (1)

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

- [Accident 19771104035119A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19771104035119A), Nov 4, 1977: Cessna 170B (N4695C), Brady, TX, Substantial damage

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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