Wonder Michael S HARMON ROCKET
N85TP is a Wonder Michael S HARMON ROCKET, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Grand Island, New York. The registration is valid: it was issued on September 13, 2022 and expires on September 30, 2029. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for amateur built, dated January 25, 1996.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Wonder Michael S
- Model
- HARMON ROCKET
- Serial number
- 2828
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Lycoming 0-540 SERIES · 250 hp
- Seats
- 2
- Year built
- Not given
- Transponder code
- ABA6B6 (octal 52723266)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- September 13, 2022
- Expires
- September 30, 2029
- Last FAA action
- September 2, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Experimental · Amateur built · January 25, 1996
- FAA region
- Eastern
- FAA record id
- 00695771
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Caruana Christopher M
- Type
- Individual
- Address
- 2397 Love Rd
Grand Island, NY 14072-2566
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Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
Earlier use of this number 1
Records check free · 2 to understand · 2 clear
The public federal record on N85TP, read the way a buyer, lender or insurer reads it: FAA registration, prior tail numbers keyed on the serial number, reuse of the tail number, recent registry filings, and the NTSB accident record under this and every earlier registration.
Valid registration to Caruana Christopher M, an individual, certificate issued September 13, 2022, expires September 30, 2029. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Experimental certificate for amateur built; the FAA file gives no certificate date and no manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 2828 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N85TP was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Ewert & Son Aviation NOSTALGAIR N-3 PUP (serial 84554N3P, cancelled October 2, 1996). Histories keyed to the tail number alone can mix aircraft up; this check keys on the serial number. [2]
No bills of sale, loans or releases have reached the registry in recent weeks. The index covers only recent filings; older liens are in the records file. [3]
2 NTSB records under N85TP: Accident on June 11, 2023 at Porter, NY: fatal, substantial damage (1 fatal). Accident on May 21, 2014 at Winston Salem, NC: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 2
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Wonder Michael S HARMON ROCKET · operated under 091
The pilot’s failure to maintain control of the airplane while initiating a low-altitude aerobatic maneuver, which resulted in impact with trees and terrain. Contributing to the accident was the pilot’s high-risk behavior.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for ERA23FA266 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Wonder Michael S HARMON ROCKET · operated under 091
The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during landing in a gusty crosswind which resulted in a runway excursion and collision with terrain.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for ERA14CA270 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through August 27, 2026. data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search
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Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 2, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data