- Date
- January 22, 1979
- Place
- Santa Barbara, CA · SANTA BARBARA, CA
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2179BPiper PA-34
- Status
- Completed · report February 21, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790122001379A
- Case key
- 137767
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0114 79/1/22 SANTA BARBARA,CA PIPER PA-34 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 43, 4900 TIME - 1300 N2179B PX- 0 0 2 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 25 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SANTA BARBARA DEPARTURE POINT LAST ENROUTE STOP SANTA MARIA,CA S TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION OVERSHOOT LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - RAN OFF END OF RUNWAY REMARKS- ACFT STUCK IN MUD.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2179B
- Reported as
- Piper PA-34
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Santa Barbara
N2179BRegistration cancelled Aug 31, 2006 · Piper PA-34-200TAirframe modelPiper PA-34-200TEngine modelContinental TSIO-360 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.