- Date
- June 21, 1984, 20:30 local (Jun 22, 1984, 00:30 UTC)
- Place
- Middletown, PA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N704ULCessna 50M
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840621029649A
- Case key
- 35690
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The solo student plt was approaching the rwy to make a landing when the twr gave him go-around instructions due to an shorts 3-30 acft on final. During the go-around the student said he encountered wake turbulence. The acft cartwheeled and came to rest with its nose buried in the ground.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N704UL
- Reported as
- Cessna 50M
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15078884
- Airframe hours
- 2,362
- Engine
- Continental O-200A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Minute Man Airways, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 9, 1983 · 27 hours before
- Departed
- MDT · Middletown, PA
- Airport
- MDT · Harrisburg, runway 31, 9,500 × 200 ft, concrete
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 26
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Unknown, Unknown
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 19 total · 19 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 77 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.