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Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Piper PA-28-140 · Allentown, PA · September 5, 1979

Date
September 5, 1979 · 14:40 local
Place
Allentown, PA
Airport
Allentown
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N6275W
NTSB investigation
NTSBNYC79FA090
Reported as
Piper PA28140
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
2
Pilot’s flight hours
282 total21 in this make and model21 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

VFR plt lost control of acft in thunderstorm during radar vectors to airport. Fact; proceeded VFR into IFR weather.

As the FAA filed it

VFR PLT LOST CONTROL OF ACFT IN THUNDERSTORM DURING RADAR VECTORS TO AIRPORT. FACT; PROCEEDED VFR INTO IFR WEATHER.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.