- Date
- November 25, 1983, 08:08 local (13:08 UTC)
- Place
- Allentown, PA
- Injuries
- 2 fatal; on the ground: 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N105PEBeech H18
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19831125075819A
- Case key
- 35296
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
While en route, the plt encountered icing conditions, then reported he was unable to maintain alt & was having eng problems. He diverted toward Allentown, PA, then advised he had lost power in the left eng. Apch control began issuing vectors for a VOR apch; however, the plt advised he was unable to open his apch plates & requested a surveillance radar apch. Radar vectors & advisories were provided until the plt reported he had the arpt in sight. Several witnesses observed that the left prop was feathered as the acft apchd the arpt. The plt maneuvered the acft to a left downwind for rwy 24 at about 400 ft AGL with the landing gear extended. Witnesses reported the acft's nose pitch up, then down, then the acft rolled to the left & crashed. In a trailer court it hit a mobile home & a propane tank & burned. A person in the mobile home was fatally injured. An exam of the wreckage revealed the left prop blades were at the low pitch stops. No preimpact failures were found.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N105PE
- Reported as
- Beech H18
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 672
- Airframe hours
- 7,046
- Engine
- P&W R-985, 450 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Part 135
- Operator
- Aero Taxi
- Registered owner
- Cannavo Aviation
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · November 14, 1983 · 26 hours before
- Departed
- PHL · Philadelphia, PA
- Destination
- AVP · Wilkes Barre, PA
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- ABE · Allentown, runway 24, 7,600 × 150 ft, macadam
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Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 36
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land, Single-engine sea
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 3,800 total · 145 in this make and model · 2,100 as pilot in command · 145 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Wind
- 320° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 1 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 1,300 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 36 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- ABE, 1 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.