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.
(-23)Pilot taxied aircraft to runway 31 at reading airport (rdg), reading, PA, then stopped and set brakes. Pilot went to reduce hyd. System pressure by using the landing gear control lever, and the right landing gear retracted. The right propeller hit the ground and separated from engine case. Right wing hit the ground.
As the FAA filed it
(-23)PILOT TAXIED AIRCRAFT TO RUNWAY 31 AT READING AIRPORT (RDG), READING, PA, THEN STOPPED AND SET BRAKES. PILOT WENT TO REDUCE HYD. SYSTEM PRESSURE BY USING THE LANDING GEAR CONTROL LEVER, AND THE RIGHT LANDING GEAR RETRACTED. THE RIGHT PROPELLER HIT THE GROUND AND SEPARATED FROM ENGINE CASE. RIGHT WING HIT THE GROUND.
Other reports on N8704 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.