# Accident 19770109000109A: Piper PA24250, Allentown, PA, January 9, 1977

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 9, 1977
- Place: Allentown, PA
- Airport: A-B-E Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach-IFR
- Location: 40.5936° N, 75.4784° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Allentown, PA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.5936&lon=-75.4784&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8014P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8014P-1977-07-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24-250 (registry code 7102404, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-250) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA24250
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 590 total, 590 in this make and model, 14 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC77FHA11](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC77FHA11) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19770109000109A

## Narrative

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

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## 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 NYC77FHA11](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC77FHA11), Jan 9, 1977: Piper PA-24 (N8014P), Allentown, PA, substantial damage

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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