14 CFR Part 91: General Aviation
Accident occurred Friday, October 12, 2012 in Allentown, PA
Aircraft: PIPER PA-28-140, registration: N15037
Injuries: 2 Uninjured.
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On October 12, 2012, about 1835 eastern daylight time, a Piper PA-28-140, N15037, operated by Ace Pilot Training Inc., was substantially damaged during a forced landing to a corn field, following a partial loss of engine power during initial climb from Lehigh Valley International Airport (ABE), Allentown, Pennsylvania. The certified flight instructor (CFI) and private pilot were not injured. The instructional flight was conducted under the provisions of 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed and no flight plan was filed for the planned local flight.
The CFI stated that the airplane was fueled to 36 gallons prior to the flight. The engine start-up, taxi, and run-up were normal. While departing from runway 31, about 200 feet above ground level, the CFI noticed that the throttle lever did not appear to be completely forward. He and the private pilot pushed the throttle lever full forward with resistance, which was followed by engine sputtering. The CFI then applied carburetor heat; however, the engine continued to sputter. He then elected to land in a corn field. During the landing, the engine firewall and right aileron were damaged.
Examination of the airplane was planned following its recovery from the corn field.
Published on October 12, 2012
Catasauqua, PA. - Around 18:48 hours, a resident in the area of Walnut Street and Cambridge Place reported a small aircraft crashed in the wooded area behind his home.
Lehigh County transmitted a "Plane Crash" followed by an alert 1 for an aircraft down in this area.
Catasauqua Chief 201 staged at Walnut and Cambridge while all apparatus staging was on Race Street at Willow Brook Road.
The Air Traffic Control Tower confirmed there was an aircraft down north of the airfield. Han-Le-Co Chief 3301 staged on Willow Brook Road as units started a search. By 19:10 hours, two people emerged from the corn field, the pilot and a passenger, uninjured.
Crews remained on scene searching for the aircraft that was lost in the high corn field.
Units on Scene: Lehigh County 2, 33, 42, 75, 62, 41, Allentown and Whitehall. Northampton County stations 45 and 46.
IDENTIFICATION
Regis#: 15037 Make/Model: PA28 Description: PA-28 CHEROKEE
Date: 10/12/2012 Time: 2235
Event Type: Incident Highest Injury: None Mid Air: N Missing: N
Damage: Minor
LOCATION
City: ALLENTOWN State: PA Country: US
DESCRIPTION
AFTER TAKEOFF THE AIRCRAFT HAD TO RETURN TO THE AIRPORT BUT WAS FORCED TO
LAND IN A FIELD. ALLENTOWN, PA
INJURY DATA Total Fatal: 0
# Crew: 2 Fat: 0 Ser: 0 Min: 0 Unk:
# Pass: 0 Fat: 0 Ser: 0 Min: 0 Unk:
# Grnd: Fat: 0 Ser: 0 Min: 0 Unk:
OTHER DATA
Activity: Training Phase: Take-off Operation: OTHER
FAA FSDO: ALLENTOWN, PA (EA05) Entry date: 10/16/2012
http://flightaware.com/live/flight/N15037
http://registry.faa.gov/N15037
The Federal Aviation Administration on Saturday began investigating the crash of a small, 40-year-old plane that landed in a cornfield near Lehigh Valley International Airport Friday night shortly after takeoff.
The two men aboard the plane were not injured, according to officials. Their identities have not been released.
The FAA identified the owner of the plane as Constantine G. Yialamas of Nazareth. Airport officials confirmed Yialamas is an employee with Ace Pilot Training, a flight school that rents space at the airport.
Attempts to reach Yialamas at the flight school Saturday were unsuccessful.
Charles Everett, executive director of the airport, said the crash likely involved a flight school student, but he's not sure if a student was in the pilot or co-pilot seat.
Everett said he was told that the pilot had a "rough engine and wanted to head back" to the airport. Everett doesn't believe the plane, listed in an FAA registry as a Piper PA-28-140 fixed wing single-engine plane built in 1972, was severely damaged.
"There might be slight damage," he said.
The plane left the runway at 6:34 p.m., according to the FAA. After experiencing trouble, the pilot tried to return to the airport, but ended up descending into the cornfield near the border of Hanover Township, Lehigh County, and Allen Township, about a mile and a half from the airport.
Firefighters and airport workers rushed to the area and searched the woods and fields for more than a half-hour before the pilot radioed he was trying to find his way out of the field with a flashlight.
The pilot and his co-pilot emerged from the field along Willowbrook Road in Hanover Township, about 7:15 p.m.
An ambulance crew was sent to evaluate the two men.
Firefighters found the aircraft about 7:45 p.m.
Everett said it's been "many years" since an incident like this occurred at the airport, but he couldn't supply a specific date. Airport spokeswoman Susan Kittle said she also didn't know the last time a crash occurred out of LVIA.
FAA spokeswoman Kathleen Bergen said it could take up to a year for the National Transportation Safety Board to determine the cause of the crash.
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A Federal Aviation Administration official said the pilot of a plane that went down near Lehigh Valley International Airport Friday night was trying to return to the airport shortly after takeoff.
Spokesperson Kathleen Bergen said the FAA is investigating the crash of the Piper Cherokee general aviation airplane that was reported down about 6:50 p.m. near the Hanover Township, Lehigh County, facility.
The plane is registered to Constantine Yialamas, of Lower Nazareth Township, according to FAA registry records. He is also listed as treasurer of Ace Pilot Training Inc., located at LVIA. Reached this morning at the business, Yialamas declined to comment when asked about the crash.
Officials said the plane went down near Runway 13/31, in a cornfield about 1.5 miles northwest of the airport. The pilot and co-pilot were not injured, Bergen said, and they walked to Willowbrook Road near the Catasauqua border, airport spokeswoman Susan Kittle said.
This morning the tail of the plane could be seen sticking out of the field, a path for emergency vehicles cut through the corn stalks. In terms of removing the plane, Bergen said the aircraft owner and his insurance company are responsible for removing the aircraft.
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http://www.lehighvalleylive.com
A pilot and co-pilot aboard a small plane walked away after the aircraft crashed this evening in a field near Lehigh Valley International Airport, an airport representative said.
The Piper Cherokee was reported down about 6:50 p.m. near the Hanover Township, Lehigh County, facility.
The plane went down near Runway 13/31, airport spokeswoman Susan Kittle said, though it wasn’t immediately clear whether it was taking off or landing at the time.
The occupants walked to Willowbrook Road, Kittle said. A witness to efforts to find the plane said efforts were focused northwest of Willowbrook Road and Race Street, near the Catasauqua border.
Emergency personnel reported recovering the two people but were still searching for the plane as of about 7:30 p.m. Emergency officials said the two people were being treated by EMS, but declined to go to the hospital.
“Both have been located and they’re OK,” airport spokeswoman Susan Kittle said.
No one on the ground was reported injured.
A Lehigh County 911 dispatcher said no information was immediately available. Pennsylvania State Police at Bethlehem, stationed nearby on Airport Road in the city, also had no information immediately available.
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