PHL Area Preliminary Accident and Incident Data
Report created 8/27/2008
Incident occurred Wednesday, August 27, 2008 in Reading, PA
Aircraft: Cessna 172, registration: N54020
Injuries: 2 Uninjured.
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.
On August 27, 2008, at 4:25 pm, a runway incursion occurred involving N54020, a Cessna 172, at Reading Regional Airport/Carl A. Spaatz Field (RDG), in Reading, Pennsylvania. The certified air traffic controller was working all the tower positions, including controller-in-charge, for 25 minutes responsible for 2 aircraft at the time of the incursion. The RDG approach controller instructed the pilot of N54020, a Cessna 172, to enter a left downwind for runway 13 then instructed the pilot to contact the tower. The tower controller verified runway 13 with the pilot and issued the pattern altitude. Approximately 2 minutes later, the tower controller offered the pilot runway 18 and the pilot accepted. Runway 18 had been closed for approximately 4 weeks for construction in the safety area (NOTAM07/003). The controller cleared the pilot to land and the pilot landed on runway 18.
The incident occurred during day visual meteorological conditions with 10 miles visibility.
