# Incident 19891104056069I: Beech 65, Allentown, PA, November 4, 1989

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 4, 1989, 19:30 local time
- Place: Allentown, PA
- Airport: Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton
- Phase of flight: Initial Approach-IFR
- 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: N30RR, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N30RR-1992-10-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 65 (registry code 1152802, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-65) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 65
- People aboard: 7
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 6,000 total, 10 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19891104056069I

## Narrative

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

PILOT STATED HE HAD RADIO FAILURE. ENTERED CONTROL AREA WITHOUT CLEARANCE. LANDED SAFELY.

## Other reports on N30RR (3)

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

- [Accident 19920516015129A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920516015129A), May 16, 1992: Beech 65 (N30RR), Madison, VA, Destroyed, 2 fatal. Advised weather below VFR and IFR at destination. Departed anyway. Flew into side of cloud obscured mountain.
- [Incident 19910921050449I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910921050449I), Sep 21, 1991: Beech 65 (N30RR), Allentown, PA. Aircraft had defective communication problems. Confusion over taxi instruction to hangar.
- [Incident 19901022059179I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19901022059179I), Oct 22, 1990: Beech 65 (N30RR), Allentown, PA, Minor damage. Pilot forgot to lower landing gear and landed gear up.

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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