- Date
- January 1, 1979
- Place
- Reading, PA · READING, PA
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N90521Aerostar 601P
- Status
- Completed · report January 23, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790101000089A
- Case key
- 138196
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0045 79/1/1 READING,PA AEROSTAR 601P CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 60, 1715 TIME - 0630 N90521 PX- 0 0 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 700 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - READING DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION READING,PA BALTIMORE,MD TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: FENCE,FENCEPOSTS TAXI: TO TAKEOFF PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF BRAKES AND/OR FLIGHT CONTROLS FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN REMARKS- PIC TAXIED ACFT OFF RWY INTO STREET.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N90521
- Reported as
- Aerostar 601P
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Reading
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.