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Incident

FAA incident report · Piper PA-28-180 · Allentown, PA · January 20, 1990

Date
January 20, 1990 · 10:38 local
Place
Allentown, PA
Airport
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton
Phase of flight
Descent
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N4847L
Reported as
Piper PA28180
People aboard
2
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.

During descent windscreen iced over. Pilot requested vector to expedite approach and landed without incident.

As the FAA filed it

DURING DESCENT WINDSCREEN ICED OVER. PILOT REQUESTED VECTOR TO EXPEDITE APPROACH AND LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT.