Piper PA-23 N5811Y
20 December 1972 · Allentown, Pennsylvania, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 20 December 1972 at about 21:50 local time, a Piper PA-23 registered N5811Y, operated by Safair Flying, was involved in an accident during the landing phase of flight near Allentown, Pennsylvania, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.
The record
- Date
- at 21:50
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Allentown, Pennsylvania, United States
- Nearest airport
- Allentown
- Coordinates
- Not recorded
- Aircraft
- Piper PA-23
- Registration
- N5811Y
- Category
- Fixed-Wing
- Engines
- 2
- Operator
- Safair Flying
- Operating rule
- Air Taxi Operator
- Purpose of flight
- Air Taxi-Cargo Operations
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Route
- Washington, Dc → Rochester, Ny
- Aircraft damage
- Destroyed
- Weather
- IMC
- Light
- Night (Dark)
- NTSB number
- 3-3749
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Probable cause
The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.
Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.
Read the full NTSB narrative
DEVIATED TO R OF ILS CENTERLINE AND DESCENDED BLO MDA. HIT PWR LINES AND TREES. PLTS 2ND ATTEMPT.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
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| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 Feb 1972 | Piper PA-23 | Dorset, Vermont, United States | Delaware Aviat | Fatal | 2 |
| 6 Mar 1972 | Piper PA-23 | Pelee Is, Canada | - | No injuries | - |
| 10 Nov 1972 | Piper PA-23 | Reading, Pennsylvania, United States | Franklin Conta | No injuries | - |
| 9 May 1972 | Piper PA-23 | Estes Park, Colorado, United States | - | Fatal | 1 |
| 8 Dec 1972 | Piper PA-23 | Aklavik, Canada | - | Fatal | 3 |
| 5 Oct 1972 | Piper PA-23 | Carlisle, Pennsylvania, United States | - | No injuries | - |
All 1,716 records for this type
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| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 Feb 1972 | Piper PA-11 | Moberly, Missouri, United States | Tail Draggers | Fatal | 1 |
| 13 Jan 1972 | Piper PA-28R | Paradise, Washington, United States | Sportsman Airp | Fatal | 3 |
| 10 May 1972 | Douglas DC-9 | Atlanta, Georgia, United States | Eastern Air Lines, Inc. | No injuries | - |
| 1 Jul 1972 | Cessna 172K | Maysville, Kentucky, United States | - | Minor injuries | - |
| 3 Oct 1972 | Piper PA-22 | Oxford, Connecticut, United States | Oxford Flying | Minor injuries | - |
| 6 Aug 1972 | Amer Avco AA1A | Atco, New Jersey, United States | - | No injuries | - |