# Incident 19820820048199I: Cvac STCAPJC, Allentown, PA, August 20, 1982

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 20, 1982, 18:30 local time
- Place: Allentown, PA
- Airport: Allentown-Bethele
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: CRAA
- 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: N5837, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5837-1984-10-17) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Convair 340 (registry code 242270A, https://openairdocs.org/model/convair-340) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CVAC STCAPJC
- People aboard: 26
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 6,000 total, 2,000 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820820048199I

## Narrative

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

FIRE WARNING LIGHT CAME ON. FIRE BOTTLE WAS ACTIVATED. FOUND FIRE DETECTOR SENSOR FAULTY. PASSENGERS EVACUATED.

## Other reports on N5837 (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19840201009919I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840201009919I), Feb 1, 1984: Cvac 340CVAC (N5837), Cleveland, OH, Minor damage. Left wing tip struck a jetway while taxing to gate. Pilot was following the directions of a fdm lineman.

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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