# NTSB NYC69A0052: Cessna 402, N8419F, Allentown, PA, November 7, 1968

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: November 7, 1968
- Place: Allentown, PA · ALLENTOWN, PA
- 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
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Completed, report January 31, 1969
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 107626
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC69A0052
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC69A0052

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-4227   68/11/7   ALLENTOWN,PA        CESSNA 402          CR-  1  0  0  COMMERCIAL                COMMERCIAL, AGE 24, 1181
        TIME - 0457                    N8419F              PX-  0  0  0  AIR TAXI-CARGO            TOTAL HOURS, 92 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - ALLENTOWN
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           STALL: SPIN                                              LANDING: FINAL APPROACH
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING
           PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: GROUND CREWMAN
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPERLY LOADED AIRCRAFT-WEIGHT-AND/OR C.G.
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - CARGO SHIFTED
        EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT
                                  PITCH CONTROL PROBLEM
                                  LATERAL CONTROL PROBLEM
         FIRE AFTER IMPACT
        REMARKS- WITNESS STATED CARGO NET NOT USED.AFT C G CAUSED STALL WHEN POWER WAS REDUCED FOR EMGCY LDG ON APT
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N8419F](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8419F-2017-02-04), registration cancelled 2017-02-04, S/N 402-0267, built 1968 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 402
- Registry model: [Cessna 402](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-402) (registry code 207590K) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental IO-520 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (registry code 17032, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Airport: Allentown

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.

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