# Incident 19990401033789I: Piper PA32300, Goshen, IN, April 1, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 1, 1999, 14:00 local time
- Place: Goshen, IN
- Airport: Goshen Municipal Airport
- Phase of flight: Descent
- 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: N722RM, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N722RM) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32-300 (registry code 7103212, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32-300) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32300
- Reported engine: LYC TIO540*
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 900 total, 155 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990401033789I

## Narrative

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

(-23) DURING AN INSTRUMENT APPROACH, THE PILOT WAS INSTRUCTED TO MAINTAIN 2500 MSL.  THE A/C WAS OBSERVED DESCENDING TOWARD 1900 MSL.  ATC RECONFIRMED THE MINIMUM VECTORING ALTITUDE AND INSTRUCTED THE PILOT TO MAINTAIN 2500 MSL UNTIL REACHING BALLA INTERSECTION.  NO ANSWER FROM THE PILOT.  A RELAY THROUGH ANOTHER A/C GETS N722RM CLIMBING TO 3000.  A SECOND APPROACH CLEARANCED WAS ISSUED.  ATC SUPERVISOR TALKS TO PILOT ON PHONE AT FBO.

## Other reports on N722RM (2)

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

- [Accident 20240101000389A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240101000389A), Jan 1, 2024: Piper PA-32-300 (N722RM), Gordonville, PA, Substantial damage. The selected fuel tank was exhausted, resulting in an in-flight engine shut down. The pilot made an emergency landing in a field, impacting 2 fences causing…
- [Accident 20050328010259A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050328010259A), Mar 28, 2005: Piper PA32300 (N722RM), Jeffersonville, IN, Substantial damage. (-23) On 03/28/2005 N722RM took off from clark county airport (jvy) on a IFR flight plan in IMC. On climb out the engine failed and the pilot turned back to…

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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