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| Date: | Wednesday 20 December 1972 |
| Time: | 21:50 |
| Type: |  Piper PA-23-250 Aztec |
| Owner/operator: | Safair Flying Service Inc |
| Registration: | N5811Y |
| MSN: | 27-2947 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Allentown, PA -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | Washington, Dc |
| Rochester, Ny | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
DEVIATED TO R OF ILS CENTERLINE AND DESCENDED BLO MDA. HIT PWR LINES AND TREES. PLTS 2ND ATTEMPT.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB
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