20250521006449A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Textron 172S · Santa Barbara, CA · May 21, 2025

Date
May 21, 2025 · 17:50 local
Place
Santa Barbara, CA
Airport
Santa Barbara Municipal Airpor
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N916UT
Reported as
Textron 172S
Reported engine
Lycoming IO-360-L2A
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Student
Pilot’s flight hours
101 total101 in this make and model75 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

The pilot was cleared to land on runway 15L at ksba. Data from flightaware. Com showed an increase of airspeed from 68 KTS to 78 KTS on short final and an increase of the descent rate from 500' per min to 1,031' per min. The aircraft bounced during landing and the propeller striked the runway before he came to a full stop.

As the FAA filed it

THE PILOT WAS CLEARED TO LAND ON RUNWAY 15L AT KSBA. DATA FROM FLIGHTAWARE.COM SHOWED AN INCREASE OF AIRSPEED FROM 68 KTS TO 78 KTS ON SHORT FINAL AND AN INCREASE OF THE DESCENT RATE FROM 500' PER MIN TO 1,031' PER MIN. THE AIRCRAFT BOUNCED DURING LANDING AND THE PROPELLER STRIKED THE RUNWAY BEFORE HE CAME TO A FULL STOP.