Piper PA-28RT-201 N3023K accident near Allentown, Pennsylvania, March 8, 2024
Piper PA-28RT-201, registration N3023K, operated by VX PARTS LLC, was involved in an accident near Allentown, Pennsylvania on March 8, 2024. The NTSB lists the highest injury level as none. Case ERA24LA132 is completed.
ADS-B receivers recorded 64 minutes of the flight after departing the Caldwell/Essex Cnty area (KCDW), reaching a maximum of 4,400 ft. The last recorded position was at 14:44 UTC, on the ground, about 1 km from Allentown/Lehigh Valley Intl (KABE).
The nearest weather report, from KABE (1 km away), showed wind 70° at 11 knots, visibility 6 miles or more, no ceiling reported (VFR conditions).
The aircraft is a Piper PA-28RT-201 registered in United States (Mode S A3298B).
This page reconstructs the flight from public ADS-B data for information only. The NTSB report is the authority on what happened and why.
Key facts
- Date
- March 8, 2024
- Location
- Allentown, Pennsylvania
- Aircraft
- Piper PA-28RT-201
- Registration
- N3023K
- Operator
- VX PARTS LLC
- Injuries
- None
- NTSB case
- ERA24LA132 (Completed)
- Departure area
- Caldwell/Essex Cnty (KCDW)
- Nearest airport
- Allentown/Lehigh Valley Intl (KABE)
- Recorded flight
- 64 min, max 4,400 ft
- Last recorded position
- 14:44 UTC, on the ground
3D flight replay
Replay the recorded flight in 3D with the weather, light and terrain at the time, flight instruments reconstructed from the aircraft's ADS-B transmissions, and automatically detected events.
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Sources: NTSB case ERA24LA132; ADS-B flight data from adsb.lol (ODbL); weather from NOAA / Iowa Environmental Mesonet and Open-Meteo.