19890522026139I

Incident

FAA incident report · Piper PA-34-200 · Allentown, PA · May 22, 1989

Date
May 22, 1989 · 12:40 local
Place
Allentown, PA
Airport
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
IJCA
Aircraft
N16499
Reported as
Piper PA34200
Reported engine
Lycoming IO360C1E6
People aboard
5
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
2,500 total100 in this make and model100 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.

Right gear unsafe light. Diverted to Allentown. Used emergency procedures. Landed safely. Found faulty microswitch.

As the FAA filed it

RIGHT GEAR UNSAFE LIGHT. DIVERTED TO ALLENTOWN. USED EMERGENCY PROCEDURES. LANDED SAFELY. FOUND FAULTY MICROSWITCH.

Other reports on N16499 · 5

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