# Accident 20240308002149A: Piper PA-28RT-201, Allentown, PA, March 8, 2024

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 8, 2024, 09:45 local time
- Place: Allentown, PA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.6524° N, 75.4404° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.6524&lon=-75.4404&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3023K, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3023K) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28RT-201 (registry code 7102818, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28rt-201) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28RT-201
- Reported engine: LYCOMING I0360 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor, private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 915 total, 82 in this make and model, 3 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA24LA132](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA24LA132) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240308002149A

## Narrative

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

THE PILOT MISMANGED HIS POWER ON APPROACH, LANDED SHORT OF RUNWAY 6, STRUCK SEVERAL LIGHTS, AND RESULTED IN SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB ERA24LA132](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA24LA132), Mar 8, 2024: Piper PA-28RT-201 (N3023K), Allentown, PA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain a proper descent rate during the final approach, resulting in a hard landing and collision with a runway edge light.

## Other reports on N3023K (3)

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

- [Incident 20171111019099I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20171111019099I), Nov 11, 2017: Piper PA-28RT-201 (N3023K), Fairfield, NJ, Minor damage. N3023K, a PA-28RT-201, was in the pattern at the caldwell airport, completing multiple touch and go's to runway 4. This was a training flight with a student…
- [Incident 20051106028059I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20051106028059I), Nov 6, 2005: Piper PA28RT201 (N3023K), Houston, TX, Minor damage. (-23) Aircraft departed axh and landed at brehnam airport at 1:00 p.m. during pre-landing checks, the pilot could not confirm that the gear down lights were…
- [Accident 20011224036849A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20011224036849A), Dec 24, 2001: Piper PA28RT201 (N3023K), Prescott, AZ, No damage. (.19) On December 24, 2001, at 0855 hours mountain standard time, a Piper PA-28RT-201, N3023K, failed to climb after takeoff on runway 21L and settled back…

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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