Individually Owned: 150,657
Corporate Owned: 137,281
Santa Barbara Airport
Aircraft Accident/Incident Report
Santa Barbara, California 93105
Friday, May 7, 1982 17:45 PDT
NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident
THE PILOT VISITED FRESNO FSS FOR A WEATHER BRIEFING ON ROUTE TO SANTA BARBARA. HE WAS ADVISED OF WEATHER AND TOLD VFR FLIGHT WAS NOT RECOMMENDED. THE PILOT THEN SAID HE WOULD GO VFR AND MAKE AN INSTRUMENT APPROACH AT SANTA BARBARA IF WEATHER WAS AS BAD AS FORECAST. HE ALSO SAID HE DID NOT NEED A COMPLETE WEATHER BRIEFING. HE DEPARTED FRESNO AT 1623 WITH ONE PASSENGER AND PROCEEDED TO SANTA BARBARA. HE WAS DESCENDED TO 2300 FEET APPROACHING HIS FINAL FIX FOR A VOR RUNWAY 25 APPROACH BY SANTA BARBARA APPROACH CONTROL AND TOLD TO SWITCH TO TOWER FREQUENCY. ABOUT 30 SECONDS LATER AT 1741 THE FLIGHT CONTACTED THE TOWER AND ADVISED THAT THEY WERE LOST. TOWER ADVISED THE FLIGHT TO EXECUTE A MISSED APPROACH PROCEDURE AND CONTACT DEPARTURE CONTROL. THE FLIGHT WAS HEARD ON DEPARTURE FREQUENCY BUT NO CONTACT WAS ESTABLISHED. N4907V WAS FOUND ON MAY 8 AT AN ELEVATION OF 2450 FEET, 9 MI. FROM SANTA BARBARA VOR. THIS WAS THE LAST TRANSMISSION FROM THE AIRCRAFT.
NTSB Probable Cause Narrative
Not Yet Reported
Event Information
| Type of Event | Accident |
| Event Date | 5/7/1982 |
| Event Day of the Week | Friday |
| Time of Event | 1745 |
| Event Time Zone | Pacific Daylight Time |
| Event City | SANTA BARBARA |
| Event State | CALIFORNIA |
| Event Country | -- |
| Zipcode of the event site | 93105 |
| Event Date Year | 1982 |
| Event Date Month | 5 |
| MidAir Collision Indicator | No |
| On Ground Collision occurred ? | No |
| Event Location Latitude | -- |
| Event Location Longitude | -- |
| Event Location Airport | SANTA BARBARA |
| Event Location Nearest Airport ID | SBA |
| Indicates whether the acc/inc occurred off or on an airport | Off Airport/Airstrip |
| Distance from airport in statute miles | 0 |
| Degrees magnetic from airport | 0 |
| Airport Elevation | 0 |
| Weather Briefing Completeness | Partial - limited by pilot |
| Investigator's weather source | Unknown |
| Time of the weather observation | 1752 |
| Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) | 242 |
| Weather Observation Facility ID | SBA |
| Elevation of weather observation facility | 0 |
| Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) | 13 |
| Time Zone of the weather observation | |
| Lighting Conditions | Day |
| Lowest Ceiling Height | 1200 |
| Lowest Non-Ceiling Height | 500 |
| Sky/Lowest/Cloud Conditions | Scattered |
| Sky Condition for Lowest Ceiling | Overcast |
| Visibility Runway Visual Range (Feet) | 0 |
| Visibility Runway Visual Value (Statute Miles) | 0 |
| Visibility (Statute Miles) | 3 |
| Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) | 58 |
| Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) | 0 |
| Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) | 270 |
| Variable Wind Indicator | Unknown |
| Wind Speed (knots) | 8 |
| Wind Velocity Indicator | Unknown |
| Wind Gust Indicator | Unknown |
| Wind Gust (knots) | 0 |
| Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) | 29 |
| Density Altitude (feet) | 0 |
| Intensity of Precipitation | Unknown |
| METAR weather report | -- |
| Event Highest Injury | Fatal |
| On Ground, Fatal Injuries | 0 |
| On Ground, Minor Injuries | 0 |
| On Ground, Serious Injuries | 0 |
| Injury Total Fatal | 2 |
| Injury Total Minor | -- |
| Injury Total None | -- |
| Injury Total Serious | -- |
| Injury Total All | 2 |
| Investigating Agency | NTSB |
| NTSB Docket Number (internal use) | 1261 |
| NTSB Notification Source | -- |
| NTSB Notification Date | -- |
| NTSB Notification Time | 0 |
| Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information | |
| Date of most recent change to record | Oct 31 2002 4:04PM |
| User who most recently changed record | NTSB\ZUZL |
| Basic weather conditions | Visual Meteorological Cond |
| FAA District Office | -- |
Aircraft Involved |
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|---|---|
Aircraft #1 |
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| Aircraft Registration Number | N4907V |
| NTSB Number | LAX82FA162 |
| Missing Aircraft Indicator | N |
| Federal Aviation Reg. Part | Part 91: General Aviation |
| Type of Flight Plan filed | None |
| Flight plan Was Activated? | -- |
| Damage | Destroyed |
| Aircraft Fire | None |
| Aircraft Explosion | None |
| Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name | BELLANCA |
| Aircraft Model | 17-30 |
| Aircraft Series Identifier | 17-30 |
| Aircraft Serial Number | 30137 |
| Certified Max Gross Weight | 3000 |
| Aircraft Category | Airplane |
| Aircraft Registration Class | Unknown |
| Aircraft is a homebuilt? | No |
| Flight Crew Seats | -- |
| Cabin Crew Seats | -- |
| Passenger Seats | -- |
| Total number of seats on the aircraft | 4 |
| Number of Engines | 1 |
| Fixed gear or retractable gear | Retractable |
| Aircraft, Type of Last Inspection | Unknown |
| Date of Last Inspection | -- |
| Airframe hours since last inspection | 57 |
| Airframe Hours | 1777 |
| ELT Installed | Yes |
| ELT Activated | Unknown |
| ELT Aided Location of Event Site | Unknown |
| ELT Type | -- |
| Aircraft Owner Name | CLAMAR AIR |
| Aircraft Owner Street Address | 4416 HOLLISTER AV. |
| Aircraft Owner City | SANTA BARBARA |
| Aircraft Owner State | CA |
| Aircraft Owner Country | |
| Aircraft Owner Zipcode | 93110 |
| Operator is an individual? | -- |
| Operator Name | CLAMAR AIR |
| Operator Same as Owner? | Yes |
| Operator Is Doing Business As | -- |
| Operator Address Same as Owner? | Yes |
| Operator Street Address | 4416 HOLLISTER AV. |
| Operator City | SANTA BARBARA |
| Operator State | CA |
| Operator Country | |
| Operator Zip code | 93110 |
| Operator Code | |
| Owner has at least one certificate | Yes - certificate holder |
| Other Operator of large aircraft? | No |
| Certified for Part 133 or 137 Operation | Unknown |
| Operator Certificate Number | -- |
| Indicates whether an air carrier operation was scheduled or not | -- |
| Indicates Domestic or International Flight | -- |
| Operator carrying Pax/Cargo/Mail | -- |
| Type of Flying (Per_Bus / Primary) | Personal |
| Second Pilot on Board | No |
| Departure Point Same as Event | No |
| Departure Airport Code | FAT |
| Departure City | FRESNO |
| Departure State | CA |
| Departure Country | |
| Departure Time | 1623 |
| Departure Time Zone | |
| Destination Same as Local Flt | crash at destination city |
| Destination Airport Code | F70 |
| Destination City | FORT WORTH |
| Destination State | TX |
| Destination Country | |
| Specific Phase of Flight | Approach |
| Report sent to ICAO? | -- |
| Evacuation occurred | -- |
| Date of most recent change to record | Sep 18 2002 4:50PM |
| User who most recently changed record | dbo |
| Since inspection or accident | -- |
| Event Location Runway Number and Location | 25 |
| Runway Length | 6054 |
| Runway Width | 150 |
| Sight Seeing flight | No |
| Air Medical Flight | No |
| Medical Flight | -- |