# Incident 19890617034609I: Piper PA28201T, Allentown, PA, June 17, 1989

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 17, 1989, 15:40 local time
- Place: Allentown, PA
- Airport: Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton
- Damage: Minor damage
- 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: N8271B, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8271B-2013-06-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-201T (registry code 7102819, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-201t) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28201T
- Reported engine: LYC IO360C1C6
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 450 total, 70 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890617034609I

## Narrative

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

ENGINE ROUGH ON LANDING. ENGINE QUIT WHILE TAXIING. FOUND VALVE INGESTION ON NR 3 CYLINDER.

## Other reports on N8271B (1)

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

- [Accident 19910705026139A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910705026139A), Jul 5, 1991: Piper PA28201T (N8271B), Vernerville, PA, Destroyed, 2 fatal. Pilot reported altitude instruments failed. Went into spiral dive and crashed into soft ground.

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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.