40.2009° N, 76.7292° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Middletown, PA, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
April 3, 1989 · 21:30 local
Place
Middletown, PA
Airport
Harrisburg International Airport-Olmsted
Phase of flight
Final Approach-IFR
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
VNAA
Aircraft
N846JS
Reported as
Bag JETSTM3101
Reported engine
Garrett TPE331*
People aboard
5
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
5,600 total1,800 in this make and model140 in the last 90 days
From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.
What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
Severe vibration on descent. Made a go around. Landed safely. Right propeller boot was missing.
As the FAA filed it
SEVERE VIBRATION ON DESCENT. MADE A GO AROUND. LANDED SAFELY. RIGHT PROPELLER BOOT WAS MISSING.