- Date
- July 30, 1989, 13:35 local (17:35 UTC)
- Place
- Salisbury Twp, PA
- Injuries
- 7 fatal
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 30, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA reports
- 19890730025561A19890730025562A
- Case key
- 36291
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Probable cause
The failure of both pilots to see and avoid each other. A contributing factor to the accident was that neither pilot was heard over the radio announcing their position and intentions.
Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The pilot of the Cessna 182 was descending in a right turn after dropping parachute jumpers at 4500 ft MSL. As he descended below 1500 ft MSL, his aircraft collided with a Beech A36. The A36 had departed from the queen city airport and was in the traffic pattern to land at the airport when the collision occurred. The Cessna crashed in a paved parking lot of a shopping center and the Beech crashed into a new car dealership's parking lot. Both aircraft were destroyed along with several cars in the dealership's lot.
Aircraft · 2
- Registration
- N2063V
- Reported as
- Beech A36
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- E-1432
- Airframe hours
- 1,280
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-BB, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Skydiving · Part 91
- Operator
- Boyer-Malik-Khan
- Registered owner
- Boyer-Malik-Khan
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 15, 1989 · 47 hours before
- Departed
- 1N9 · Allentown, PA
- Airport
- 1N9 · Allentown Queen City, runway 25
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
- N2639G
- Reported as
- Cessna 182B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 51939
- Airframe hours
- 2,286
- Engine
- Continental O-470-L, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Other work use · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Peter C Miller
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 1, 1989 · 29 hours before
- Departed
- 1N9 · Allentown, PA
- Airport
- 1N9 · Allentown Queen City, runway 25
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.
Flight crew · 2
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot, aircraft N2063V
- Age
- 43
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 258 total · 1 in this make and model · 145 as pilot in command
- Role
- Pilot, aircraft N2639G
- Age
- 46
- Certificates
- Airline transport, Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine sea, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 11,442 total · 561 in this make and model · 11,047 as pilot in command · 41 in the last 90 days · 15 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 8,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 73 °F, dew point 57 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- ABE, 4 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 2
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.