- Date
- March 4, 1976
- Place
- Reading, PA · READING, PA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 2 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N3842CAero Comdr 560E
- Status
- Completed · report May 4, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760304009109A
- Case key
- 153069
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0650 76/3/4 READING,PA AERO COMDR 560E CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 51, 2850 TIME - 1208 N3842C PX- 0 2 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 107 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ALBANY,NY READING,PA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IFR OPERATION FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - FOG WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 1100 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 3 MILES OR LESS NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS FOG IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR REMARKS- ACDNT SITE 3.6 MI SOUTH RDG LOM.ACFT CLEARED FOR ILS TO RWY 36.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3842C
- Reported as
- Aero Comdr 560E
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Reading Municipal
N3842CRegistration cancelled Jan 21, 2011 · Aero Commander 560-EAirframe modelAero Commander 560-EEngine modelLycoming GO-480 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.