# Accident 19990925044229A: Piper PA22150, Goshen, KY, September 25, 1999

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 25, 1999, 11:30 local time
- Place: Goshen, KY
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Forced Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.4002° N, 85.5901° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.4002&lon=-85.5901&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2381P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2381P-2000-07-11) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-22-150 (registry code 7102210, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-22-150) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA22150
- Reported engine: LYC O320*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 3,465 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC99FA236](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC99FA236) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990925044229A

## Narrative

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

(-23) SEE ATTACHED SHEET (.4)THE PILOT/OWNER OF THE AIRPLANE AND A FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR DEPARTED ON A TRAINING FLIGHT. A WITNESS NEAR THE ACCIDENT SITE HEARD A 'SPUTTERING' ENGINE NOISE. HE WENT OUTSIDE AND OBSERVED THE AIRPLANE ABOUT 50 TO 100 FEET ABOVE HIS BARN, FLYING STRAIGHT AND LEVEL. THE AIRPLANE MADE A LEFT TURN TOWARDS A TREE LINE, A SECOND LEFT TURN, WHICH PARALLELED THE TREE LINE, AND A THIRD LEFT TURN TOWARDS A FIELD. THE AIRPLANE DESCENDED TOWARDS THE FIELD 'LIKE IT WAS TRYING TO LAND.' HE FURTHER DESCRIBED THE ENGINE NOISE AS 'MISSING, LIKE THE ENGINE WOULD STOP AND START.' THE AIRPLANE TOUCHED DOWN TOWARDS THE END OF A 7.3 ACRE RECTANGULAR FIELD, AND STRUCK A FENCE THAT WAS LOCATED ABOUT 83 FEET BEYOND THE AIRPLANE'S INITIAL TOUCHDOWN POINT. A POST CRASH FIRE ENSUED. EXAMINATION OF THE WRECKAGE, WHICH INCLUDED AN ENGINE TEARDOWN, DID NOT REVEAL ANY PRE-IMPACT MECHANICAL MALFUNCTIONS. REVIEW OF AN FAA CARBURETOR ICING PROBABILITY CHART, PLACED THE TEMPERATURE AND DEWPOINT REPORTED IN THE VICINITY OF THE ACCIDENT SITE, IN THE 'SERIOUS ICING AT GLIDE POWER' AREA OF THE CHART.

## 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 NYC99FA236](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC99FA236), Sep 25, 1999: Piper PA 22-150 (N2381P), Goshen, KY, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: A loss of engine power for undetermined reasons which resulted in a forced landing and subsequent collision with terrain. A factor in this accident was the down-sloping terrain.

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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