# Accident 19790905028849A: Piper PA28140, Allentown, PA, September 5, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 5, 1979, 14:40 local time
- Place: Allentown, PA
- Airport: Allentown
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- 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: N6275W, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6275W-2014-11-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-140 (registry code 7102802, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-140) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28140
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 282 total, 21 in this make and model, 21 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC79FA090](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC79FA090) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790905028849A

## Narrative

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

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

## 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 NYC79FA090](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC79FA090), Sep 5, 1979: Piper PA-28 (N6275W), No.Whitehall, PA, destroyed, 3 fatal

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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