- Date
- September 8, 1974
- Place
- Allentown, PA · ALLENTOWN, PA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 4 uninjured
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Status
- Completed · report October 9, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA reports
- 19740908032192A19740908032191A
- Case key
- 138739
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3464 74/9/8 ALLENTOWN,PA PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 46, 65 TOTAL TIME - 1633 N40976 PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 1 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ALLENTOWN-BETH. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ALLENTOWN,PA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH AIRCRAFT: BOTH IN FLIGHT LANDING: TRAFFIC PATTERN-CIRCLING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OTHER AIRCRAFT PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: PILOT OF OTHER AIRCRAFT FACTOR(S) PERSONNEL - TRAFFIC CONTROL PERSONNEL: INADEQUATE SPACING OF AIRCRAFT SPECIAL DATA SEGMENTS OF AVIATION INVOLVED - SMALL US GEN.AV.-SMALL US GEN.AV. CONTROLLING AGENCY - TOWER RADAR CTL/SURVEILLANCE - NOT UNDER RADAR CONTACT TRAFFIC ADVISORY ISSUED - NONE CONTROLLED/UNCONTROLLED AIRPORT - CONTROLLED AIRPORT CONTROL ZONE/AREA - YES CONVERGENCE ANGLE-DEGREES - 120 HORIZONTAL COLLISION ANGLE-DEGREES - 0 VERTICAL COLLISION ANGLE-DEGREES - 3 EVASIVE ACTION TAKEN - NO ANTI-COLLISION LIGHTS - INSTALLED,OPERATION UNKNOWN REMARKS- ACFT CPLTG 45 DEG APCH LEG TO DNWND.NOSEWHEEL CTCTD TOP OF R STABILATOR OF N40762.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3464 74/9/8 ALLENTOWN,PA PIPER PA-28 CR- 1 0 0 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 45, 84 TOTAL TIME - 1633 N40762 PX- 0 0 0 TRAINING HOURS, 2 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 4 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ALLENTOWN-BETH. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ALLENTOWN,PA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH AIRCRAFT: BOTH IN FLIGHT LANDING: TRAFFIC PATTERN-CIRCLING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OTHER AIRCRAFT PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: PILOT OF OTHER AIRCRAFT FACTOR(S) PERSONNEL - TRAFFIC CONTROL PERSONNEL: INADEQUATE SPACING OF AIRCRAFT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - TOUCH AND GO LANDING SPECIAL DATA SEGMENTS OF AVIATION INVOLVED - SMALL US GEN.AV.-SMALL US GEN.AV. CONTROLLING AGENCY - TOWER RADAR CTL/SURVEILLANCE - NOT UNDER RADAR CONTACT TRAFFIC ADVISORY ISSUED - NONE CONTROLLED/UNCONTROLLED AIRPORT - CONTROLLED AIRPORT CONTROL ZONE/AREA - YES CONVERGENCE ANGLE-DEGREES - 125 HORIZONTAL COLLISION ANGLE-DEGREES - 5 VERTICAL COLLISION ANGLE-DEGREES - 3 EVASIVE ACTION TAKEN - NO ANTI-COLLISION LIGHTS - OPERATING REMARKS- ACFT ON DOWNWIND LEG,JUST COMPLETED TURN FM X-WIND LEG.
Aircraft · 2
- Registration
- N40762
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Allentown-Beth.
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
- Registration
- N40976
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Allentown-Beth.
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
FAA reports on this event · 2
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.