# Accident 20091210022329A: Piper PA38112, Ojai, CA, December 10, 2009

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 10, 2009, 14:30 local time
- Place: Ojai, CA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Maneuver
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.4367° N, 119.2700° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.4367&lon=-119.2700&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2463K, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2463K-2017-07-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-38-112 (registry code 7103812, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-38-112) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-235 series (registry code 41505, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA38112
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,700 total, 400 in this make and model, 150 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR10FA078](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR10FA078) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20091210022329A

## Narrative

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

INSTRUCTIONAL FLIGHT IN AIRCRAFT IN WHICH AIRCRAFT COLLIDED WITH TREE/TERRAIN RESULTING IN BOTH INSTRUCTOR AND STUDENT SUSTAINING FATAL INJURIES.  WITNESSES DISCRIBED ABNORMALLY LOW FLIGHT, AND AIRCRAFT MOVEMENT SIMILAR TO STALL/IMMINENT SPIN-TYPE MOVEMENTS.

## 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 WPR10FA078](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR10FA078), Dec 10, 2009: Piper PA-38-112 (N2463K), Ojai, CA, substantial damage, 2 fatal. Probable cause: Airspeed was not maintained, which resulted in a loss of control and the airplane entering into a stall/spin to the ground. Contributing to the accident was a loss of engine power due to carburetor…

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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