# Accident 19830329010159A: Cessna 152, San Luis Obispo, CA, March 29, 1983

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 29, 1983, 15:45 local time
- Place: San Luis Obispo, CA
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Damage unknown
- Phase of flight: Unknown/Not Reported
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.2662° N, 120.6684° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of San Luis Obispo, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.2662&lon=-120.6684&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6329M (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 152
- Reported engine: LYC O235L2C
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 340 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX83LAMS4](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX83LAMS4) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830329010159A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT AND PILOT BECAME MISSING ON A LOCAL FLIGHT. LOCAL SHERIFF BELIEVES AIRCRAFT DIVED INTO OCEAN. NO TRACE.

## 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 LAX83LAMS4](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX83LAMS4), Mar 29, 1983: Cessna 152 (N6329M), Missing Acft, destroyed, 1 fatal

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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