# N654: Mccarty Timothy G TAILWIND W-8, registration cancelled 2000-05-11

- Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft)
- Cancelled: May 11, 2000
- Status when cancelled: Triennial form not returned
- Airframe: [Mccarty Timothy G TAILWIND W-8](https://openairdocs.org/model/mccarty-timothy-g-tailwind-w-8) (registry code 9790533)
- Serial number: 269
- Type of aircraft: Fixed wing single engine
- Certificate issued: May 7, 1991
- Last registry action: August 20, 1997
- Mode S code: A89B95
- Owner when cancelled: [Mccarty Timothy G](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/MCCARTY%20TIMOTHY%20G)
- Location: [Jamestown, ND](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/ND/Jamestown)
- Owner type: Individual
- Owner's area on the map: 46.8843° N, 98.7668° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 58401, within about 12 miles (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based
- The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N654
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=654
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N654-2000-05-11

From the FAA registry file of October 28, 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 Mccarty Timothy G TAILWIND W-8: https://openairdocs.org/model/mccarty-timothy-g-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 CHI00LA043](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI00LA043), Dec 12, 1999: McCarty Wittman W-8 Tailwind (N654), Jamestown, ND, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: the wing spar failure due to its inadequate construction by the owner/builder.

## 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 19991212046159A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19991212046159A), Dec 12, 1999: N654, Jamestown, ND, No damage. (-23) On December 12, 199 at estimated time 1230 CDT, a mccarty whitman W-8 tailwind N654 operated by a private pilot, was destroyed when it struck the ground,…

## Other aircraft with N654

- [Registered now](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N654): Paul E Roderick TUNDRA BIRD, S/N 006, built 2016
- [Cancelled 1948-07-12](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N654-1948-07-12): Waco 9, S/N 269. Owner: [Robert Samuel Allen](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/ROBERT%20SAMUEL%20ALLEN), [High Point, NC](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/NC/High%20Point)

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