# Accident 20000930013809A: Piper PA-38-112, San Luis Obispo, CA, September 30, 2000

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 30, 2000, 10:30 local time
- Place: San Luis Obispo, CA
- Airport: San Luis Obispo County
- Damage: No damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.2496° N, 120.6193° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.2496&lon=-120.6193&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)
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX00FA354](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX00FA354) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000930013809A

## Narrative

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

(-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 LOCATED 5 MILES SE OF THE SAN LUIS OBISPO AIRPORT. THE PILOT HAD PHONED THE POLICE REPORTING THE ACCIDENT AND STATED HE WAS ATTEMPING TO RETURN TO THE AIRPORT (SAN LUIS OBISPO) DUE TO LOW VISIBILITY AND HAZE.

## 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 LAX00FA354](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX00FA354), Oct 1, 2000: Piper PA-38 (N2493G), San Luis Obispo, CA, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain clearance from terrain while turning to reverse course following inadvertent nighttime flight into instrument meteorological conditions. A factor in the accident was…

## Other reports on N2493G (1)

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

- [Accident 19800505012849A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800505012849A), May 5, 1980: Piper PA38112 (N2493G), Columbia, CA, Substantial damage. Student distracted by near mid-air collision. Wing hit trees while turning base leg for runway.

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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