# Incident 19840505042259I: Gulstm 500S, York, PA, May 5, 1984

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 5, 1984, 15:00 local time
- Place: York, PA
- Airport: York
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.9170° N, 76.8730° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at YORK (THV), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.9170&lon=-76.8730&mi=10
- Aircraft: N500RA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N500RA-2013-03-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aero Commander 500 S (registry code 0141107, https://openairdocs.org/model/aero-commander-500-s) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-540 series (registry code 41530, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GULSTM 500S
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 8,000 total, 4,000 in this make and model, 150 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840505042259I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

HIT TOP WIRE OF A SERIES OF WIRES ACROSS THE AEROBATIC AREA. WAS PERFORMING HIS AEROBATIC ROUTINE.

## Other reports on N500RA (2)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19920611022449I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920611022449I), Jun 11, 1992: Gulstm 500S (N500RA), Peoria, IL, Minor damage. While being guided by a line person aircraft struck a pole. Minor damage to right wing.
- [Incident 19900729039199I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900729039199I), Jul 29, 1990: Gulstm 500S (N500RA), San Diego, CA, Minor damage. Nose gear failed to extend during dead stick landing. Unable to start both engines before nose struck runway.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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