# NTSB LAX80DVA39: Piper PA-38, N2493G, Columbia, CA, May 5, 1980

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: May 5, 1980
- Place: Columbia, CA · COLUMBIA, CA
- Location: 38.0312° N, 120.4134° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Columbia, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.0312&lon=-120.4134&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report July 1, 1980
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 131014
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX80DVA39
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX80DVA39

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-1392   80/5/5    COLUMBIA,CA         PIPER PA-38         CR-  0  0  1  INSTRUCTIONAL             STUDENT, AGE 30, 73 TOTAL
        TIME - 1035                    N2493G              PX-  0  0  0  SOLO                      HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - COLUMBIA
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          DELANO,CA                   COLUMBIA,CA
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLIDED WITH: TREES                                     LANDING: TRAFFIC PATTERN-CIRCLING
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED CLEARANCE
        REMARKS- AFTER GO-ARND,HIT TREE ON HI TRRN WHILE TURNING BASE.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N2493G](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2493G-2000-11-20), registration cancelled 2000-11-20, S/N 38-79A0546 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-38
- Registry model: [Piper PA-38-112](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-38-112) (registry code 7103812) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Columbia

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

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

## Other investigations on N2493G (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…

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.

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