# Incident 19880520031769I: Piper PA28161, Allentown, PA, May 20, 1988

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 20, 1988, 14:25 local time
- Place: Allentown, PA
- Airport: Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From 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: N2136M, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2136M) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-161 (registry code 7102803, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-161) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28161
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 798 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880520031769I

## Narrative

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

VFR PILOT CAUGHT ON TOP WAS ASSISTED BY ATC TO DESCEND BELOW CLOUDS FOR A SAFE LANDING.

## Other reports on N2136M (1)

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

- [Accident 20210430007609A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210430007609A), Apr 30, 2021: Piper PA-28-161 (N2136M), Columbia, KY, Substantial damage. Aircraft landed long on first attempt, pilot elected to do a go around. On second attempt aircraft landed long again on same runway, and went off the end…

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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