# NTSB Accident CHI04LA052
> **Piper PA-32RT-300** · 2004-01-02 · Fishers, IN, USA · NONE
## Event
- **NTSB number:** CHI04LA052
- **Event ID:** 20040107X00025
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2004-01-02
- **Location:** Fishers, IN, USA
- **Coordinates:** 39.935276, -86.044998
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** NONE
- **Fatal:** 0
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 4
- **Total aboard:** 4
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Piper
- **Model:** PA-32RT-300
- **Registration:** N21992
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** SUBS
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** IMC
## Probable cause

The pilot not maintaining altitude/clearance from the trees during the circling approach, his continued descent below minimum descent altitude, and the pilot not performing a missed approach.  A factor was the trees the pilot impacted during the circling approach.

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