{"airworthiness_class":"Experimental","airworthiness_date":"1996-01-25","airworthiness_ops":"Amateur built","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"2022-09-13","city":"GRAND ISLAND","country_code":"US","county_code":"029","cruise_speed_mph":null,"data_date":"2026-10-02","documents":[],"eng_mfr_mdl":"41532","engine_horsepower":250,"engine_maker":"LYCOMING","engine_model":"0-540 SERIES","engine_thrust_lb":0,"expiration_date":"2029-09-30","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":0,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"piston-singles","kit_mfr":"","kit_model":"","last_action_date":"2023-09-02","maker":"Wonder Michael S","maker_country":null,"maker_raw":"WONDER MICHAEL S","maker_segment":null,"mfr_mdl_code":"05602K0","mode_s_code":"52723266","mode_s_hex":"ABA6B6","model":"HARMON ROCKET","n_number":"N85TP","name":"CARUANA CHRISTOPHER M","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"Porter","damage":"SUBS","date":"2023-06-11","highest_injury":"FATL","ntsb_no":"ERA23FA266","probable_cause":"The pilot\u2019s 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\u2019s high-risk behavior.","registration":"N85TP","state":"NY","summary":"Accident on June 11, 2023 at Porter, NY: fatal, substantial damage (1 fatal).","type":"ACC"},{"city":"Winston Salem","damage":"SUBS","date":"2014-05-21","highest_injury":"NONE","ntsb_no":"ERA14CA270","probable_cause":"The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during landing in a gusty crosswind which resulted in a runway excursion and collision with terrain.","registration":"N85TP","state":"NC","summary":"Accident on May 21, 2014 at Winston Salem, NC: no injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":1,"other_names":"","plain_english":"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.","records_check":[{"finding":"Valid registration to Caruana Christopher M, an individual, certificate issued September 13, 2022, expires September 30, 2029. No fractional interest recorded.","item":"Registration and identity","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"Experimental certificate for amateur built; the FAA file gives no certificate date and no manufacture year.","item":"Airworthiness certificate","source":1,"status":"NOTE"},{"finding":"No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 2828 for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"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.","item":"Tail number reuse","source":2,"status":"ATTENTION"},{"finding":"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.","item":"Recent registry documents","source":3,"status":"NOTE"},{"finding":"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.","item":"Accident and incident record","source":4,"status":"ATTENTION"},{"finding":"These live in the FAA aircraft records file (every document ever filed against the aircraft) and, for larger aircraft, the International Registry. Part of the full report.","item":"Title chain, liens and 337 forms","source":null,"status":"PENDING"},{"finding":"AD compliance against the logbooks and flight-activity reconciliation are researched layers of the full report.","item":"Airworthiness directives and utilization","source":null,"status":"PENDING"}],"records_check_sources":[{"n":1,"name":"FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file","url":"https://registry.faa.gov/"},{"n":2,"name":"FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download)","url":"https://registry.faa.gov/"},{"n":3,"name":"FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks","url":"https://registry.faa.gov/"},{"n":4,"name":"NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL)","url":"https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search"}],"region":"Eastern","region_code":"1","registrant_type":"Individual","registrant_type_code":"1","seats":2,"serial_number":"2828","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"NY","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"2397 LOVE RD","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Fixed-wing, single engine","type_aircraft_code":"4","type_engine":"Piston (reciprocating)","type_engine_code":"1","unique_id":"00695771","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N85TP","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":0,"zip":"140722566"}