Piper PA 22-150 accident near Goshen, KY
On September 25, 1999, a Piper PA 22-150 (airplane) was involved in an accident near Goshen, KY. 2 people died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- September 25, 1999
- Place
- Goshen, KY
- Aircraft
- Piper PA 22-150 · Airplane
- Injuries
- 2 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 38.400°N, 85.590°W
- NTSB ID
- 20001212X19852
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHT On September 25, 1999, about 1130 Eastern Daylight Time, a Piper, PA 22-150, N2381P, was destroyed during a forced landing to a grass field in Goshen, Kentucky. The certificated flight instructor (CFI) and private pilot were fatally injured. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed and no flight plan had been filed for the flight that departed the Bowman Field Airport (LOU), Louisville, Kentucky. The instructional flight was conducted under 14 CFR part 91. The accident airplane was owned by the private pilot. Both pilots were participating in a Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Wings Program, which was being held at LOU. At 1110, N2381P contacted LOU ground control with a request to taxi for departure to the "practice area." At 1116, the airplane was cleared to takeoff from Runway 6. There were no further communications with the airplane. A witness near the accident site stated he was in a barn tending to horses, when he heard a "sputtering" engine noise. All of a sudden the noise became "real loud," and the horses became "spooked." He went outside and observed an airplane about 50 to 100 feet above the 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;" however, the engine seemed to "smoothen out" prior to touchdown. The airplane touched down towards the end of the field
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.
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Source: NTSB aviation accident database (US government, public domain). Findings may be preliminary or later revised by the NTSB. Not a complete global record.
