Aircraft Incident at Santa Barbara Airport Closes Runway
By an edhat reader
Around 12:45 p.m. Wednesday there was an aircraft incident at SBA (Santa Barbara Airport). Unknown info on the aircraft incident but Runway 15L appears to be closed.
Unidentified white single engine aircraft appears to have had a landing gear malfunction. Law Enforcement on scene...unknown on injuries. Aircraft is sitting on it's nose and the door is open indicating no injuries. Aircraft is on runway 15L which appears closed.
3 Comments
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Sep 13, 2018 08:30 AMA Beechcraft Bonanza, and yes, they did tow it off the runway. Could be less than $20k damage, or not.
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Sep 13, 2018 07:11 AMIf it wasn't a crash, anyone know the reason they don't tow it out of the traffic pattern?
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Sep 13, 2018 10:44 AM15 R is open for small aircraft and it's not blocking 7 so there would be no urgency to remove it.