# Incident 19881209071449I: Piper PA32300, Goshen, IN, December 9, 1988

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 9, 1988, 07:45 local time
- Place: Goshen, IN
- Airport: Goshen Municipal Airport
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.5261° N, 85.7943° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GOSHEN MUNI (GSH), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.5261&lon=-85.7943&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2909E (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32300
- Reported engine: LYC IO540K1G5
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 15 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19881209071449I

## Narrative

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

ELECTRICAL FAILURE ON CLIMB. RETURNED. OIL FROM ENGINE HAD SATURATED ALTERNATOR. INSTALLED BRUSHES FROM SLIP RING.

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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