# Incident 20050912023389I: Aerovd L29, Reading, PA, September 12, 2005

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 12, 2005, 09:56 local time
- Place: Reading, PA
- Airport: Reading Municipal Gen Carl A Spaatz
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.3392° N, 75.9263° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Reading, PA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.3392&lon=-75.9263&mi=10
- Aircraft: N229DJ (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: AEROVD L29
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,666 total, 142 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050912023389I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

(-23) PILOT STATED THAT HE DEPARTED READING AIRPORT (RDG) ON RUNWAY 31. AFTER ROTATION AND GEAR RETRACTION, THE AIRCRAFT ACCELERATED TO 150 KNOTS. AT ABOUT 500 FEET ALTITUDE, THE COCKPIT CANOPY DEPARTED THE AIRCRAFT. PILOT RETURNED THE AIRCRAFT TO RDG WITHOUT INCIDENT. CANOPY WAS FOUND IN AN OPEN GRASS FIELD, ABOUT 1 MILE FROM THE END OF RUNWAY 31. PILOT STATED THAT HE INADVERTENTLY OVERLOOKED LATCHING/LOCKING THE CANOPY. IN ORDER TO PREVENT A RECURRENCE OF THIS PROBLEM, THE AIRCRAFT IS BEING FITTED WITH A COCKPIT WARNING SYSTEM, LINKED WITH THE LATCHING MECHANISM, WHICH INCLUDES A HORN AND LIGHT TO ALERT THE PILOT IF THE THROTTLE IS ADVANCED AND THE CANOPY IS NOT LATCHED.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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