# Accident 20250506007379A: Shoemaker Ronald R PAZMANY PL-2, Reading, PA, May 6, 2025

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 6, 2025, 13:00 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: 40.3795° N, 75.9616° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.3795&lon=-75.9616&mi=10
- Aircraft: N289RS, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N289RS) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Shoemaker Ronald R PAZMANY PL-2 (registry code 05620ZV, https://openairdocs.org/model/shoemaker-ronald-r-pazmany-pl-2) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SHOEMAKER RONALD R PAZMANY PL-2
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,100 total, 1 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA25LA224](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA25LA224) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250506007379A

## Narrative

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

AIRMAN WAS PERFORMING A TOUCH AND GO LANDING ON RUNWAY 13. THE MOST CURRENT METAR SHOWED THAT THE WINDS WERE 12009G16KT. HE STATED THAT HE WAS APPROACHING THE RUNWAY AT 80MPH AND THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN TO FALL OUT FROM UNDERNEATH HIM AND HE NEGLECTED TO ADD POWER TO ARREST THE RATE OF DESCENT. THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED ABOUT 20-30 FEET SHORT OF RUNWAY 13 AND CONTINUED UNTIL IT DEPARTED THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY APPROXIMATELY 400 FEET FROM THE THRESHOLD. THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR COLLAPSED DURING THE EVENT AND THERE WAS IMPACT DAMAGE NOTED TO THE RIGHT WING SPAR.

## 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 ERA25LA224](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA25LA224), May 6, 2025: Shoemaker Ronald R Pazmany PL-2 (N289RS), Reading, PA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain a proper descent rate, resulting in a hard landing short of the runway and collapse of the right main landing gear.

## Other reports on N289RS (1)

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

- [Incident 20180414015919I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180414015919I), Apr 14, 2018: Shoemaker Ronald R PAZMANY PL-2 (N289RS), Lincolnton, NC, Minor damage. During roll out at ipj rwy 23, pilot encountered wind gust causing a/c to briefly become airborne. Second touchdown resulted in damage to right main landing…

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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