# N3GJ: 1984 Rossouw Gideon WITTMAN TAILWIND W8, registration cancelled 2002-02-08

- Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft)
- Cancelled: February 8, 2002
- Status when cancelled: Valid registration
- Airframe: [Rossouw Gideon WITTMAN TAILWIND W8](https://openairdocs.org/model/rossouw-gideon-wittman-tailwind-w8) (registry code 05610ND)
- Engine: [Continental 0-200 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (registry code 17020)
- Data sheets: [TCDS E-252](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/E-252) (OpenAirDocs)
- Serial number: GR 1
- Year built: 1984
- Type of aircraft: Fixed wing single engine
- Engine type: Reciprocating
- Airworthiness: Experimental, amateur built
- Airworthiness date: August 8, 2000
- Certificate issued: April 11, 2001
- Last registry action: April 11, 2001
- Mode S code: A31B3F
- Owners when cancelled: [Adams Roy M](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/ADAMS%20ROY%20M), [Adams Debra](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/ADAMS%20DEBRA)
- Location: [Alvin, TX](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/TX/Alvin)
- Owner type: Co-owned
- Owner's area on the map: 29.3808° N, 95.2452° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 77511, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based
- The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3GJ
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=3GJ
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3GJ-2002-02-08

From the FAA registry file of October 29, 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 Rossouw Gideon WITTMAN TAILWIND W8: https://openairdocs.org/model/rossouw-gideon-wittman-tailwind-w8.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 FTW01LA125](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW01LA125), May 22, 2001: Gideon Wittman Tailwind W8 (N3GJ), Manvel, TX, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: the flight instructor's failure to maintain control of the airplane during a touch-and-go landing, for an undetermined reason.

## 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 20010522011049A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010522011049A), May 22, 2001: Amtr TAILWINDW8 (N3GJ), Manvel, TX, Destroyed, 2 fatal. (.19)On may 22, 2001, at 1800 central daylight time, a gideon wittman tailwind W8 experimental, amateur-built airplane, N3GJ, was destroyed during takeoff from…

## Other aircraft with N3GJ

- [Cancelled 2021-03-24](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3GJ-2021-03-24): Cessna T210G, S/N T210-0199, built 1966. Exported to Bolivia. Owner: [Global Aircraft Trust Inc Trustee](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/GLOBAL%20AIRCRAFT%20TRUST%20INC%20TRUSTEE), [Cheyenne, WY](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/WY/Cheyenne)

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