- Date
- August 6, 1979
- Place
- Reading, PA · READING, PA
- Injuries
- 20 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N724SAShort Bros SD3-30
- Status
- Completed · report February 29, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790806030059I
- Case key
- 133868
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5-0046 79/8/6 READING,PA SHORT BROS SD3-30 CR- 0 0 3 COMMERCIAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1716 N724SA PX- 0 0 17 COMMUTER AIR CARRIER 40, 9878 TOTAL HOURS, 314 DAMAGE-MINOR OT- 0 0 0 AIR TAXI-PASSG S-D IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT NAME OF AIRPORT - READING MUNI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION READING,PA PHILADELPHIA,PA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - TURBINE ASSEMBLY: OTHER MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FATIGUE FRACTURE COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- ENGINE POWER TURBINE DISINTERGRATED DUE TO FATIGUE IN SUNGEAR COUPLING.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N724SA
- Reported as
- Short Bros SD3-30
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo prop
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Airport
- Reading Muni
N724SARegistration cancelled Nov 17, 2014 · Short Bros. & Harland SD3-30Airframe modelShort Bros. & Harland SD3-30Engine modelU/A Canada PT6A series
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.
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.