Plane Crash List

Navion NA-1 N2518T

29 December 1988 · Allentown, Pennsylvania, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 29 December 1988 at about 20:00 local time, a Navion NA-1 registered N2518T, operated by Julius Janosek, was involved in an accident near Allentown, Pennsylvania, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date
at 20:00
Classification
Accident
Location
Allentown, Pennsylvania, United States
Nearest airport
Allentown (ABE)
Coordinates
40.5900, -75.4697
Aircraft
Navion NA-1
Registration
N2518T
Category
Airplane
Engines
1
Operator
Julius Janosek
Operating rule
Part 91: General Aviation
Purpose of flight
Business
Phase of flight
Not recorded
Route
Allentown → Unknown
Aircraft damage
Substantial
Weather
VMC
Light
Day
NTSB number
NYC89LA061

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

THE PILOT STATED THAT HE EXPERIENCED A LOSS OF POWER SHORTLY AFTER TAKEOFF AND LANDED BACK ON THE RUNWAY. THE LANDING WAS HARD AND THE RIGHT WING WAS DAMAGED. THE FAA INVESTIGATOR CHECKED THE ENGINE AND FUEL SYSTEM FOR POSSIBLE CONTAMINANTS AND WATER. NO WATER OR CONTAMINANTS WERE FOUND AND THE ENGINE WAS STARTED AND RUN TO ABOUT ONE THIRD POWER. THE PILOT/MECHANIC HAD JUST PERFORMED AN ANNUAL INSPECTION AND WAS PERFORMING A MAINTENANCE TEST FLIGHT. THE PILOT/MECHANIC STATED HE HAD OPERATED THE ENGINE FOR ABOUT 20 MINUTES ON THE GROUND.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

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