40.5936° N, 75.4784° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Allentown, PA, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
January 25, 1982 · 14:10 local
Place
Allentown, PA
Airport
Queen City
Phase of flight
Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N4153W
Reported as
Piper PA32*
Reported engine
Lycoming IO540K1A5
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
400 total300 in this make and model50 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.
Lost directional control landing on ice and snow packed runway. Struck a snowbank on edge of runway.
As the FAA filed it
LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL LANDING ON ICE AND SNOW PACKED RUNWAY. STRUCK A SNOWBANK ON EDGE OF RUNWAY.