# Accident 20140608012199A: Boeing A75N1(PT17), Reading, PA, June 8, 2014

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 8, 2014, 10:30 local time
- Place: Reading, PA
- Airport: Reading Regional/Carl A Spaatz Fie
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.3736° N, 75.9592° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.3736&lon=-75.9592&mi=10
- Aircraft: N26M, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N26M) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing A75N1(PT17) (registry code 1380134, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-a75n1-pt17) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental W670 series (registry code 17018, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-w670-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING A75N1(PT17)
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR W670 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 3,468 total, 197 in this make and model, 29 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA14CA280](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA14CA280) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140608012199A

## Narrative

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

PILOT SET UP FOR LANDING RUNWAY 31. TOWER REPORTED WIND AT 2409. UPON TOUCHDOWN WITH MAINS ON THE RUNWAY AS TAIL WAS LOWERED THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN A TURN TO THE LEFT. PILOT APPLIED RIGHT RUDDER AND RIGHT BRAKE BUT TURN TO THE LEFT WAS NOT ARRESTED.

AIRCRAFT TURNED 90 DEGREES TO THE LEFT,SKID SIDEWAYS,RIGHT WHEEL BROKE AS AIRCRAFT SKID.LOWER RIGHT WING IMPACTED RUNWAY BREAKING SPAR INSIDE WING.  AIRCRAFT CONTINUED TURNING LEFT UNTIL IT AIRCRAFT EXITED RUNWAY AND STOPPED.  THERE WAS NO INJURY TO THE PILOT OR PASSENGER.

## 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 ERA14CA280](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA14CA280), Jun 8, 2014: Boeing A75N1(PT17) (N26M), Reading, PA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's loss of control while landing the tailwheel-equipped airplane in a quartering tailwind. A factor in the accident was the changing wind conditions.

## Other reports on N26M (3)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19820324016929I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820324016929I), Mar 24, 1982: Boeing A75N1 (N26M), Creswell, NC, Minor damage. Engine quit. Landed in a lake and flipped over. Water in fuel.
- [Accident 19800524015669A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800524015669A), May 24, 1980: Boeing A75 (N26M), Wenona, NC, Substantial damage. Engine quit on spray run. Airplane flipped over on contact with cornfield. Foundstuck valves & water in fuel.
- [Accident 19750128004679A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19750128004679A), Jan 28, 1975: Boeing A75N1 (N26M), Immokale, FL, Substantial damage. Reduced RPM too soon while clbg.

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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