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Incidents at KSBA

61 events · last 30 days · Santa Barbara Municipal Airport

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Santa Barbara Municipal Airport (KSBA) recorded 61 detected events in the last 30 days. The breakdown: 52 unstable approaches, 6 returns to field, and 1 go-around. SkyMeter classifies these events from raw ADS-B trace data using deterministic detectors: go-around from altitude / vertical-speed reversals after final approach, unstable approach from gate-by-gate stability scoring against per-runway statistical envelopes, and stall / overspeed from broadcast IAS / Mach against per-type speed envelopes. Counts reflect detected events, not adjudicated incidents.

TOTAL
61
last 30 days
GO-AROUNDS
1
missed approach
REJECTED TAKEOFFS
0
aborted on roll
UNSTABLE APPROACH
52
stability flag
RETURN TO FIELD
6
commercial · dep=arr
EMERGENCY SQUAWKS
0
7500: 0 · 7600: 0 · 7700: 0

Detection is complicated. ADS-B is imperfect. Gaps, ghost signals, coverage dead zones, missing airport metadata, training patterns, parallel-runway activity, and unfamiliar aircraft types all create false positives. These are signals worth reviewing, not official incident reports.

Recent incidents

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UAL1578
N17364B38M
7:42 PM
8/20/2026
Unstable approach
1,131ft143kt210°/7kt
9:17 PM
8/19/2026
Unstable approach
1,136ft133kt250°/7kt
SKW3803
N271SYE75L
5:09 AM
8/19/2026
Unstable approach
1,134ft130kt110°/8kt
10:18 PM
8/17/2026
Unstable approach
1,134ft173kt270°/10kt
1:19 AM
8/17/2026
Unstable approach
1,127ft140kt250°/7kt
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