# Accident 20080803841739A: Cessna 550, Reading, PA, August 3, 2008

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 3, 2008, 15:19 local time
- Place: Reading, PA
- Airport: Reading Regional/Carl A Spaatz Fie
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.3783° N, 75.9650° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.3783&lon=-75.9650&mi=10
- Aircraft: N827DP (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 550
- Reported engine: PWA JT15D4
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 12,800 total, 2,800 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC08FA265](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC08FA265) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080803841739A

## Narrative

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

(-23) LOCAL CONTROLLER AUTHORIZED LANDING AIRCRAFT AND MOWING TRACTOR TO BE ON RUNWAY AT SAME TIME.  THEY COLLIDED AT A CROSSING INTERSECTION.  LOCAL PROCEDURES HAVE BEEN CHANGED TO AUTHORIZE GROUND VEHICLES TO RECEIVE CLEARANCE TO HOLD SHORT OF RUNWAYS UNTIL SPECIFIC CLEARNCE TO CROSS IS ISSUED.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB NYC08FA265](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC08FA265), Aug 3, 2008: Cessna 550 (N827DP), Reading, PA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The air traffic controller’s failure to properly monitor the runway environment. Contributing to the accident was the tractor operator’s failure to scan the active runway prior to crossing, and the…

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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