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Accident occurred Friday, November 16, 2007
in Santa Barbara, CA
Probable Cause Approval Date: 4/30/2008
Aircraft: Cessna 210L, registration: N987M
Injuries: 2 Uninjured.
Prior to landing the pilot confirmed that
the landing gear was down and locked. During
the landing roll the airplane began to veer
left, followed by the left main landing gear
collapsing. The airplane came to rest
upright on the left side of the runway with
its left elevator resting on the runway's
surface. A post-accident examination
revealed that the left main landing gear
down limit switch plunger was bent and stuck
in the closed position, falsely indicating
that the left main landing gear was locked
[down]. The examination further revealed
that the two hydraulic hoses to the downlock
actuator were making contact with the
airplane's skin, binding the downlock from
fully opening to allow the down limit switch
to clear the striker plate during the down
cycle. The two hoses were subsequently
repositioned to eliminate the binding, which
resulted in the landing gear operating
normally. It was not determined how the
switch had become bent. The pilot
reported no anomalies with the airplane
prior to the flight.
The National Transportation Safety Board
determines the probable cause(s) of this
accident as follows:
The left main landing gear's down limit
switch plunger being bent and stuck in the
closed position, which resulted in the
collapse of the landing gear during the
landing roll. The reason for the down limit
switch plunger being bent could not be
determined.
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Accident occurred Sunday, July 01, 2007 in
Santa Barbara, CA
Probable Cause Approval Date: 10/31/2007
Aircraft: Cessna 172S, registration: N214GZ
Injuries: 2 Uninjured.
After touchdown, the airplane veered off the
runway and struck a taxiway light. The pilot
stated that after landing a gust of wind
struck the airplane, and it veered to the
left of the runway. After the airplane
departed the runway it crossed an
intersecting runway and struck a taxiway
light. The nose and left landing gear
collapsed, and the empennage sustained
substantial damage. The airplane came to
rest upright on the grass margin bordering
the runway.
The National Transportation Safety Board
determines the probable cause(s) of this
accident as follows:
the pilot's failure to maintain directional
control.
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Accident occurred Sunday, June 10, 2007 in
Santa Barbara, CA
Aircraft: Dassault-Breguet Mystere Falcon
900, registration: N914DD
Injuries: 15 Uninjured.
This is preliminary information, subject to
change, and may contain errors. Any errors
in this report will be corrected when the
final report has been completed.
On June 10, 2007, approximately 1412 Pacific
daylight time, N914DD, registered as a
Dassault-Breguet Mystere Falcon 900, was
substantially damaged when it overran the
departure end of Runway 25 on take-off roll
at the Santa Barbara Municipal Airport,
Santa Barbara, California. The airplane was
registered to Kerry Acquisitions LLC, of
Concord, Massachusetts, and operated by
Trishan Air, of Santa Barbara. The airline
transport rated captain, airline transport
rated pilot acting as first officer/co-pilot
(FO), and 13 passengers were not injured.
Visual meteorological conditions prevailed
for the 14 CFR Part 91 business flight, and
an instrument flight plan was filed. The
flight was originating at the time of the
accident.
In a telephone interview with the NTSB
investigator-in-charge (IIC), the captain,
who was acting as the pilot-in-command,
reported that during the take-off roll the
airplane accelerated normally. The captain
stated that as the airplane accelerated the
co-pilot, verbalized "V1" and shortly
thereafter "rotate." The captain further
stated that immediately after "rotate" was
verbalized he applied back pressure on the
control column, "...but the nose wouldn't
come up. I continued to pull back on the
yoke until it was all the way back in my
chest, but there was still no response. The
nose wouldn't come off the ground." The
captain reported that he then rejected the
takeoff but was unable to stop the airplane
on the remaining available runway, which
resulted in the aircraft overrunning the end
of Runway 25, coming to rest slightly off
the extended centerline about 300 feet from
the departure end. Company maintenance
personnel, who examined the airplane shortly
after the occurrence, reported that the
airplane had sustained substantial damage to
the forward section of the pressure vessel,
just aft of where the nose landing gear is
attached; the nose landing gear had
separated during the overrun.
At the request of the IIC, Federal Aviation
Administration (FAA) inspectors from the Van
Nuys Flight Standards District Office, Van
Nuys, California, will provide oversight
supervision during an examination of the
airplane by representatives from
Dassault-Breguet, in an effort to identify
the origin of the anomaly.
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Accident occurred Sunday, May 22, 2005 in
Santa Barbara, CA
Probable Cause Approval Date: 4/25/2006
Aircraft: Classic Aircraft Corp Waco YMF-5,
registration: N181AS
Injuries: 3 Minor.
The airplane collided with the ground while
attempting a return to runway maneuver
following a loss of engine power in the
takeoff initial climb. The airplane came to
rest in a slough next to the runway. A post
accident examination of the airplane and
engine was conducted by National
Transportation Safety Board investigators.
Examination of the magnetos found that the
points gap on the right magneto was 0.026
inches and 0.036 inches on the left (the
Jacobs R755 A2/B2 Operator's Manual
specifies a points gap of 0.010 to 0.014
inches). The right magneto showed signs of
points contact burning and of heating due to
a lack of periodic oiling. Both magnetos
were missing the spring-loaded oil cup at
the base of the magneto. Magneto timing to
the engine was checked and found to be 36
degrees before Top Dead Center (BTDC) for
the right magneto and 27 degrees BTDC for
the left magneto (the operator's manual
specifies 31 degrees BTDC for both magnetos.
Both
magnetos were then removed from the engine
for a bench check. Both magnetos threw
sparks from the rotating cylinder to the
housing, but the right magneto sparked
excessively (arcing), indicating a possible
failed condenser. The left magneto had a
strong spark, whereas the right magneto
displayed a weak coil, failing as it got
warm. During the removal of the spark plugs,
it was found that the number 5 spark plug
was only finger tight with evidence of
exhaust blow-by at the spark plug gasket
area. According to a carburetor icing
probability chart, at the time of the
accident the ambient temperature and dew
point were conducive to "Serious Icing at
Glide Power." The pilot was on the ground
holding at idle for about 15 minutes prior
to being given a clearance for takeoff.
The National Transportation Safety Board
determines the probable cause(s) of this
accident as follows:
a loss of engine power due to carburetor ice
aggravated by the poor operating condition
of the magnetos and the improper
magneto-to-engine timing.
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Accident occurred Sunday, May 01, 2005 in
Santa Barbara, CA
Probable Cause Approval Date: 8/29/2006
Aircraft: Kittleson Quickie Q-200,
registration: N200AL
Injuries: 1 Uninjured.
On the landing rollout, the airplane veered
off the runway into the grass median and the
airplane came up on its nose; when the
airplane fell back onto its landing gear,
the tail cone was damaged forward of the
vertical stabilizer attachment. The pilot
said he made a steeper than normal approach
in an almost direct 12-knot crosswind that
resulted in a higher ground speed during the
landing and landing rollout than he was
accustomed to. The pilot attributed his
uncoordinated approach and landing to
unfamiliarity with the airport, landing with
a more aft center of gravity, accepting a
landing clearance that resulted in a
crosswind landing, and a loose tail wheel.
The National Transportation Safety Board
determines the probable cause(s) of this
accident as follows:
the pilot's inadequate compensation for the
crosswind condition and failure to maintain
directional control.
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Accident occurred Monday, December 13, 2004
in Santa Barbara, CA
Probable Cause Approval Date: 2/24/2005
Aircraft: Classic Aircraft Corp. Waco YMF,
registration: N95JD
Injuries: 1 Uninjured.
During landing rollout, the pilot lost
directional control of his conventional gear
airplane, and it ground looped. The pilot
was aware that upon landing on runway 25 the
local wind was variable at 6 knots. The
pilot's touchdown was normal, but during
rollout he lost directional control when a
crosswind gust was encountered.
The National Transportation Safety Board
determines the probable cause(s) of this
accident as follows:
The pilot's inadequate compensation for the
wind conditions and failure to maintain
directional control during landing rollout,
which resulted in a ground loop.
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Accident occurred Wednesday, November 10,
2004 in Santa Barbara, CA
Probable Cause Approval Date: 6/28/2006
Aircraft: Piper PA-32R-301T, registration:
N803ZG
Injuries: 3 Fatal.
The airplane collided with upsloping high
mountainous terrain during level controlled
cruise flight on a night cross-country.
Prior to takeoff, the pilot informed the air
traffic controller (ATC) that he had
received the airport's weather. A broken sky
condition existed with layers about 5,500
and 7,000 feet mean sea level (msl). When
the pilot subsequently climbed from 4,900 to
5,200 feet and requested information from
ATC about the elevation of the clouds, he
acknowledged that he "seems to be in a
little bit of clouds...sort of in and out."
The pilot continued climbing into clearer
conditions. The flight continued and the
airplane tracked near the centerline of
Victor Airway 183, which had a published
course of 195 degrees. The pilot was
familiar with the roundtrip route between
his Santa Barbara home-base airport and
Bakersfield, and he had previously flown
over the route. During the last few minutes
of the radar-recorded flight, the pilot was
generally cruising about 6,500 feet, as
indicated by the mode C altitude reporting
transponder. The pilot was receiving radar
flight following service from a controller
at the Los Angeles Air Route Traffic Control
Center. The controller observed the airplane
and was aware that the minimum enroute
altitude (MEA) for airplanes on instrument
clearances along the airway was 9,000 feet.
The controller and the pilot had sectional
aeronautical charts available for use that
depicted a 6,840-foot msl mountain peak
along the flight route. The pilot's course
did not vary as he approached and impacted
the mountain during the dark nighttime
flight. The bearing between the initial
point of impact (IPI) and the Santa Barbara
Municipal Airport was 197 degrees. Also, the
bearing and distance between the IPI and the
main wreckage was 198 degrees and 0.25
miles. The controller did not issue a
terrain-related safety alert, as required by
a Federal Aviation Administration
order.
The National Transportation Safety Board
determines the probable cause(s) of this
accident as follows:
The pilot's failure to select and maintain
an adequate terrain avoidance cruise
altitude. Contributing factors were the dark
nighttime conditions, the rising mountainous
terrain, and the Federal Aviation
Administration controller's failure to issue
a terrain-related safety alert.
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Accident occurred Tuesday, February 01, 2000
in SANTA BARBARA, CA
Probable Cause Approval Date: 7/2/2001
Aircraft: Piper PA-28-180, registration:
N32258
Injuries: 2 Uninjured.
The flight instructor stated that they were
planning to practice touch-and go landings.
The student pilot had already performed one
touch-and-go, which the flight instructor
described as 'normal.' According to the
flight instructor, during the accident
sequence, the airplane had already touched
down when it suddenly veered off to the left
side of the runway. He said he took control
of the airplane, but before he could regain
directional control, it struck a series of
three taxiway signs, resulting in
substantial damage to the left wing and
collapsing the left landing gear.
The National Transportation Safety Board
determines the probable cause(s) of this
accident as follows:
The dual student's loss of directional
control and the flight instructor's
inadequate supervision of the flight.
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