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Incident

FAA incident report · Beech A36 · Allentown, PA · August 26, 1989

Date
August 26, 1989 · 14:27 local
Place
Allentown, PA
Airport
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N6118U
Reported as
Beech A36
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0

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.

Door opened en route. Unable to communicate with tower. Disrupted traffic. Landed safely.

As the FAA filed it

DOOR OPENED EN ROUTE. UNABLE TO COMMUNICATE WITH TOWER. DISRUPTED TRAFFIC. LANDED SAFELY.