Cessna 560XL Citation Excel, N46CF: Accident occurred July 21, 2021 at Reading Regional Airport (KRDG), Berks County, Pennsylvania

This is preliminary information, subject to change, and may contain errors. Any errors in this report will be corrected when the final report has been completed. 

The National Transportation Safety Board did not travel to the scene of this accident. 

Additional Participating Entity: 

Federal Aviation Administration / Flight Standards District Office; Allentown, Pennsylvania

PV Transport Inc

https://registry.faa.gov/N46CF

Location: Reading, PA

Accident Number: ERA21LA296

Date & Time: July 21, 2021, 16:00 Local

Registration: N46CF

Aircraft: Cessna 560XL 

Injuries: 6 None

Flight Conducted Under: Part 91: General aviation - Executive/Corporate

Aircraft and Owner/Operator Information

Aircraft Make: Cessna

Registration: N46CF

Model/Series: 560XL 

Aircraft Category: Airplane

Amateur Built: No

Operator: 

Operating Certificate(s) Held: On-demand air taxi (135)

Operator Designator Code:

Meteorological Information and Flight Plan

Conditions at Accident Site: VMC 

Condition of Light: Day

Observation Facility, Elevation: KRDG,353 ft msl 

Observation Time: 15:54 Local

Distance from Accident Site: 0 Nautical Miles 

Temperature/Dew Point: 24°C /21°C

Lowest Cloud Condition: Few / 1800 ft AGL 

Wind Speed/Gusts, Direction: 5 knots / , 200°

Lowest Ceiling: 

Visibility: 10 miles

Altimeter Setting: 29.89 inches Hg

Type of Flight Plan Filed: IFR

Departure Point: Coldwater, MI (OEB)

Destination: Reading, PA

Wreckage and Impact Information

Crew Injuries: 2 None

Aircraft Damage: Unknown

Passenger Injuries: 4 None 

Aircraft Fire: None

Ground Injuries: 

Aircraft Explosion: None

Total Injuries: 6 None 

Latitude, Longitude: 40.378499,-75.965247

A plane sustained unspecified damage after going off a runway at Reading Regional Airport in Bern Township and into soft material on the edge of the runway, according to preliminary information posted Thursday on the Federal Aviation Administration website.

The Cessna 560XL Citation Excel with nine people onboard, including two pilots, came to a stop in soft material, known as EMAS, engineered materials arresting system, on Wednesday afternoon at the southern end of the airport along Aviation Drive.

It remained there Thursday afternoon. No injuries were reported.

Investigators from the National Transportation Safety Board and other investigators were scheduled to conduct an on-scene investigation.

Heavy construction equipment was operating in the area of the grounded aircraft Thursday afternoon.

According to the Aviation Safety Network, the plane departed from Coldwater-Branch County Memorial Airport in Michigan.

It was unclear if the plane's position on the runway was impacting air traffic at Reading Regional. Airport officials were unavailable.

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