19890501032629I

Incident

FAA incident report · Piper PA-28-140 · Goshen, OH · May 1, 1989

Date
May 1, 1989 · 15:45 local
Place
Goshen, OH
Airport
Goshen International Airport
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N6112W
Reported as
Piper PA28140
Reported engine
Lycoming O320E2A
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
265 total116 in this make and model49 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Deteriorating weather forced pilot to fly at low altitude. Circled water tower. Fire truck light led him to airport

As the FAA filed it

DETERIORATING WEATHER FORCED PILOT TO FLY AT LOW ALTITUDE. CIRCLED WATER TOWER. FIRE TRUCK LIGHT LED HIM TO AIRPORT