# NTSB Accident ERA13LA025
> **PIPER PA-28-140** · 2012-10-12 · Allentown, PA, USA · NONE
## Event
- **NTSB number:** ERA13LA025
- **Event ID:** 20121016X60053
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2012-10-12
- **Location:** Allentown, PA, USA
- **Coordinates:** 40.502223, -75.440551
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** NONE
- **Fatal:** 0
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 2
- **Total aboard:** 2
## Aircraft
- **Make:** PIPER
- **Model:** PA-28-140
- **Registration:** N15037
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** SUBS
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

The operator's failure to perform magneto inspections per the manufacturer's recommendations and failure to comply with the engine manufacturer's recommended time interval for engine overhaul, which resulted in defects in the magnetos going undetected and the failure of the right magneto during initial climb.

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