- Date
- July 21, 2021, 16:04 local (20:04 UTC)
- Place
- Reading, PA · End of runway into the EMAS
- Injuries
- 6 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N46CFCessna 560XL
- Defining event
- Landing-landing roll: Runway excursion
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Investigation class
- Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
- NTSB office
- Eastern Region Aviation
- Parties
- FAA FSDO
- Case key
- 103526
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Probable cause
The captain’s improper decision to continue an unstabilized approach despite several go-around calls by the pilot monitoring, which resulted in a runway excursion and substantial damage to the pressure vessel.
Findings · 4
NTSB’s coded findings. Those marked are part of the probable cause; the rest are factors or other findings. Under each, the cases with the same finding.
Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Analysis
The flight was being operated as a corporate flight with a two-person crew. The captain was the pilot flying (PF) and stated that while on final approach, the airplane was “eating up a lot of runway” before it settled on the runway. He applied full brakes and activated the thrust reversers, but it was not enough to stop the airplane and it subsequently entered the Engineered Material Arresting System (EMAS), which resulted in substantial damage to the pressure vessel. He admitted that he became fixated on landing, failed to take proper remedial actions, and thought he could salvage the approach despite the pilot monitoring’s (PM) repeated go-around commands. The PM stated that about 2 nautical miles from the runway threshold, the airplane’s descent rate increased, which activated the ground proximity warning “Terrain, Pull Up.” The PM commanded a “go-around” which was not acknowledged by the PF who continued the approach. When the airplane was on a 1-mile final, the PM called for a “go-around” a second time, followed by third as they crossed the runway threshold about 30 to 40 knots too fast. The captain reported that there were no preimpact mechanical malfunctions or failures that would have precluded normal operation.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N46CF
- Reported as
- Cessna 560XL
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 560-5218
- Built
- 2001
- Airframe hours
- 5,663
- Engines
- Pratt & Whitney Canada PW545A, 3,804 lbs thrust, turbo fanPratt & Whitney Canada PW545A, 3,804 lbs thrust, turbo fan
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Executive/Corporate · Part 91
- Operator
- Pv Transport Inc
- Registered owner
- Pv Transport Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 12, 2021
- Departed
- OEB · Coldwater, MI
- Destination
- Same as departure
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- RDG · Reading Rgnl/Carl A Spaatz Fld, runway 13/31, 6,350 × 150 ft, asphalt
- Equipment
- Angle of attack indicator, Auto-pilot, Data recorder, Electronic flight bag or handheld device, Electronic multifunction display, ADS-B, Stall warning system, Onboard weather, Electronic primary flight display
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew · 2
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 49
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, With waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- March 7, 2021
- Seat
- Left
- Restraint
- 5-point
- Flight hours
- 5,424 total · 412 in this make and model · 4,011 as pilot in command · 69 in the last 90 days · 43 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
- Role
- Co-pilot
- Age
- 24
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1
- Last flight review
- November 15, 2020
- Seat
- Right
- Restraint
- 5-point
- Flight hours
- 1,929 total · 396 in this make and model · 75 in the last 90 days · 20 in the last 30 days · 0 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 200° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Temperature
- 75 °F, dew point 70 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.89 inHg
- Observed at
- RDG
- METAR
- KRDG 211954Z 20005KT 10SM FEW018 SCT110 24/21 A2989 RMK AO2 RAE1856 SLP123 P0000 T02440211 $
Docket · 7
The files NTSB released with the investigation on May 5, 2022, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 7.2 MB in all.