40.3392° N, 75.9263° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Reading, PA, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
January 25, 1978 · 09:23 local
Place
Reading, PA
Airport
Spaatz
Phase of flight
Takeoff Ground Roll
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N300GB
Reported as
Waco 125
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
4,800 total500 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days
From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
On takeoff roll aircraft hit puddle which caused deceleration and veering. Entered plowed snow at runway edge.
As the FAA filed it
ON TAKEOFF ROLL AIRCRAFT HIT PUDDLE WHICH CAUSED DECELERATION AND VEERING. ENTERED PLOWED SNOW AT RUNWAY EDGE.