# Accident 19800505012849A: Piper PA38112, Columbia, CA, May 5, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 5, 1980, 10:35 local time
- Place: Columbia, CA
- Airport: Columbia
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.0304° N, 120.4146° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at COLUMBIA (O22), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.0304&lon=-120.4146&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2493G, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2493G-2000-11-20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-38-112 (registry code 7103812, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-38-112) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA38112
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 73 total, 73 in this make and model, 73 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX80DVA39](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX80DVA39) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800505012849A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

STUDENT DISTRACTED BY NEAR MID-AIR COLLISION. WING HIT TREES WHILE TURNING BASE LEG FOR RUNWAY.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB LAX80DVA39](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX80DVA39), May 5, 1980: Piper PA-38 (N2493G), Columbia, CA, substantial damage

## Other reports on N2493G (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 20000930013809A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000930013809A), Sep 30, 2000: N2493G, San Luis Obispo, CA, No damage, 1 fatal. (-23) N2493G, a 1979 Piper tomahawk PA39 serial number 38079A left San Luis Obispo airport around 22:30 September 30, 2000, and crashed into tolosa winery…

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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