- Date
- January 31, 1979
- Place
- Reading, PA · READING, PA
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N346VBeech C45
- Status
- Completed · report July 31, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790131018719A
- Case key
- 137048
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0964 79/1/31 READING,PA BEECH C45 CR- 0 1 1 COMMERCIAL ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE TIME - 1026 N346V PX- 0 0 0 AIR TAXI-CARGO 30, 3003 TOTAL HOURS, 40 DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - READING MUNI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP NEWBURGH,NY JAMAICA,NY READING,PA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION WHEELS-UP LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: NORMAL RETRACTION/EXTENSION ASSEMBLY AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: EMERGENCY/EXTENSION ASSEMBLY MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DISCONNECTED FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED WRONG RUNWAY RELATIVE TO EXISTING WIND MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DOWNWIND REMARKS- UN EXTEND GR FOR UNDETERMINED REASON.EMERG GR EXTENSION CHAIN OFF SPROCKET.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N346V
- Reported as
- Beech C45
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo prop
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Reading Muni
N346VRegistration cancelled Apr 26, 2013 · Beech C-45HAirframe modelBeech C-45HEngine modelAmateur-built UNKNOWN ENG
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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.