# N14VK: 1999 Lidster Robert TAILWIND W-8, registration cancelled 2014-12-17

- Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft)
- Cancelled: December 17, 2014
- Status when cancelled: Registration expired, pending cancellation
- Airframe: [Lidster Robert TAILWIND W-8](https://openairdocs.org/model/lidster-robert-tailwind-w-8) (registry code 056076H)
- Engine: [Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG](https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (registry code 99999)
- Serial number: 14808
- Year built: 1999
- Type of aircraft: Fixed wing single engine
- Airworthiness: Experimental, amateur built
- Airworthiness date: October 1, 2001
- Certificate issued: December 2, 1999
- Last registry action: December 16, 2008
- Mode S code: A0A23C
- Owner when cancelled: [Lidster Robert E](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/LIDSTER%20ROBERT%20E)
- Location: [Mesquite, TX](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/TX/Mesquite)
- Owner type: Individual
- Owner's area on the map: 32.7734° N, 96.6188° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 75149, within about 2 miles (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based
- The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N14VK
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=14VK
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N14VK-2014-12-17

From the FAA registry file of November 5, 2026, cancelled registrations. Owners' street addresses are left out. The Mode S code belongs to the N-number, not the airframe.

ADs and bulletins for the Lidster Robert TAILWIND W-8: https://openairdocs.org/model/lidster-robert-tailwind-w-8.md

## NTSB investigations (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB FTW02LA187](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW02LA187), Jun 23, 2002: Lidster Wittman Tailwind W-8 (N14VK), Mesquite, TX, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The in-flight separation of the outboard portion of the left wing due to the failure of the wing spar resulting from the builder's improper installation of a wing that did not meet the drawing…

## FAA accident and incident reports (1)

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.

- [Accident 20020623022099A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020623022099A), Jun 23, 2002: Amtr TAILWINDW8 (N14VK), Mesquite, TX, Destroyed, 1 fatal. (-23) On June 23, 2002, at approximately 1730 central daylight time, a lidster, wittman W-8 tailwind, experimental homebuilt airplane, N14VK, was destroyed…

## Other aircraft with N14VK

- [Cancelled 1997-03-24](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N14VK-1997-03-24): Beech B90, S/N LJ365. Exported to Philippines. Owner: [Godwin Aircraft Inc](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/GODWIN%20AIRCRAFT%20INC), [Memphis, TN](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/TN/Memphis)

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