# NTSB NYC84FA037: Beech H18, N105PE, Allentown, PA, November 25, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Field investigation · Final report
- Date: November 25, 1983, 08:08 local (13:08 UTC)
- Place: Allentown, PA
- Coordinates: 40.590335, -75.470535 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.5903&lon=-75.4705&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 2 fatal; on the ground: 1 fatal
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 35296
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC84FA037
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/35296/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC84FA037

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- In flight encounter with weather, cruise - normal
  - weather condition - carburetor icing conditions (contributing factor)
  - planning/decision - improper, pilot in command (contributing factor)
- Loss of engine power(total) - nonmechanical, cruise
  - delayed, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - fuel system,ram air/induction air - ice (contributing factor)
  - fuel system,ram air/induction air - blocked(total) (contributing factor)
- Loss of control - in flight, approach - vfr pattern - downwind
  - precautionary landing - initiated, pilot in command
  - airspeed(vmc) - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, descent - uncontrolled
  - emergency procedure - attempted, pilot in command

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N105PE-1984-08-30), registration cancelled 1984-08-30, S/N BA-672 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: Beech H18
- Registry model: [Beech H-18](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-h-18) (registry code 1151012) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 672
- Airframe hours: 7046
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 36; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19831125075819A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19831125075819A), Nov 25, 1983: Beech H18, Allentown, PA, Destroyed, 2 fatal. Reported lost left engine. Vectored to abe. Broke out. Stalled circling low. Hit mobile home, propane tank. Burned

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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