MIflyer
1st Lieutenant
No one hurt. Took off from Santa Maria, had hydraulic problems and made an emergency landing at Santa Barbara.
C-130 Crash At Santa Barbara
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Glad no one was hurt.
at6
1st Sergeant
Glad to hear that there no injuries or fatalities.
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MIflyer
1st Lieutenant
I have been to Santa Barbara airport many times. Flew in there myself a couple of times. Never crashed, but it is a nice place to do so if required. Passenger terminal is not large but attractive and rather quaint.
They do perform some large aircraft major maintenance there, so maybe they can get help with the 130.
After the massive mudslide in Montecito, on the other side of the city, people were driving down to Camarillo Airport and flying to the Santa Barbara airport to get to work and to medical care. Too bad they did not have a hovercraft handy.
I once saw a 130 do a "push start" to get an engine running at VAFB. They ran down the runway and got it windmilling to start it. They said they wanted to taxi back, but the tower told them they still had 9000 ft of runway left if they wanted to just take off from there, which they did.
They do perform some large aircraft major maintenance there, so maybe they can get help with the 130.
After the massive mudslide in Montecito, on the other side of the city, people were driving down to Camarillo Airport and flying to the Santa Barbara airport to get to work and to medical care. Too bad they did not have a hovercraft handy.
I once saw a 130 do a "push start" to get an engine running at VAFB. They ran down the runway and got it windmilling to start it. They said they wanted to taxi back, but the tower told them they still had 9000 ft of runway left if they wanted to just take off from there, which they did.
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Glad no one was hurt and they got down safely.
Skyediamonds
Staff Sergeant
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- May 26, 2018
I too, had the honor of personally flying to Santa Barbara Airport either in a rented Cessna-182 or Piper Saratoga on many occasions. The airfield is only 10 feet above the surrounding sea level (Pacific Ocean). Very happy to hear no one was hurt. With tongue in cheek, we can all say "It was a good landing."
FLYBOYJ
"THE GREAT GAZOO"
The aircraft was operated by International Air Response. Saw their website, interesting company. 
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MIflyer
1st Lieutenant
A group of us flew from Santa Barbara to San Diego on a TDY via a commuter airline. This avoided going from Sara Maria to LAX to San Diego and looked to be a lot faster and easier.
On the way down we got into the Metro III and noted the overwing emergency exit was open. Then the pilots got on board, sat down, fired up the engines, and then the copilot looked back, did a double take, and came back and secured the exit. It would have been a bit breezy with that hole in the side.
On the way back as we flew up the coast not long before sunset we could see the fog rolling in. It was in the process of obscuring the Santa Barbara Pier as we crossed the harbor area. The Metro III descended toward the runway, then pulled up. The 101 Freeway was visible but the airport was not. CA Coastal fog is often very localized stuff. The pilot explained that they had tried a VOR approach but visibility had deterioted too much in the last few minutes. We would have to get set up for a ILS approach. After circling north of the airport for several minutes the pilot announced it was now too bad for even an ILS approach and we would have to divert to Santa Maria. Then he said that it looked like it had cleared up a bit and they would give it a try. We descended into the fog, then the engines revved up, we had a nice low alititude view of Santa Barbara, climbed over the mountains, and after a bit the pilot announced we were landing at Santa Maria. Just after we hit the runway we entered a wall of fog and the airport closed. Our cars were in Santa Barbara, but we were more or less home so we caught rides to our houses. We decided that maybe the direct route to San Diego was not all that great an idea after all.
On the way down we got into the Metro III and noted the overwing emergency exit was open. Then the pilots got on board, sat down, fired up the engines, and then the copilot looked back, did a double take, and came back and secured the exit. It would have been a bit breezy with that hole in the side.
On the way back as we flew up the coast not long before sunset we could see the fog rolling in. It was in the process of obscuring the Santa Barbara Pier as we crossed the harbor area. The Metro III descended toward the runway, then pulled up. The 101 Freeway was visible but the airport was not. CA Coastal fog is often very localized stuff. The pilot explained that they had tried a VOR approach but visibility had deterioted too much in the last few minutes. We would have to get set up for a ILS approach. After circling north of the airport for several minutes the pilot announced it was now too bad for even an ILS approach and we would have to divert to Santa Maria. Then he said that it looked like it had cleared up a bit and they would give it a try. We descended into the fog, then the engines revved up, we had a nice low alititude view of Santa Barbara, climbed over the mountains, and after a bit the pilot announced we were landing at Santa Maria. Just after we hit the runway we entered a wall of fog and the airport closed. Our cars were in Santa Barbara, but we were more or less home so we caught rides to our houses. We decided that maybe the direct route to San Diego was not all that great an idea after all.
Rendition Airways "Relax your ticket's covered!"The aircraft was operated by International Air Response. Saw their website, interesting company.
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tomplatten
Airman
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I spent my military obligation in the Coast Guard from 1968 to 1972. I was stationed at Governor's Island, NY on the base and on floating units as an Engineman (NOW CALLED MACHINERY TECH). I spent a brief period picking up high ranking officiers at Floyd Bennet Field and ferrying them back to the Island (now belonging to NY). I always enjoying watching the C-130's (back then fairly new) landing and taking off while I waiting for the officers.
Sad to see one our company planes planes in disarray!
Sad to see one our company planes planes in disarray!
