# N8188: Hanson Paul C HANSON TAILWIND W-8, registration cancelled 2000-10-06

- Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft)
- Cancelled: October 6, 2000
- Status when cancelled: N-number assigned (non-type certificated), not yet registered
- Airframe: [Hanson Paul C HANSON TAILWIND W-8](https://openairdocs.org/model/hanson-paul-c-hanson-tailwind-w-8) (registry code 9790855)
- Serial number: PCH-1
- Type of aircraft: Fixed wing single engine
- Last registry action: April 25, 1990
- Mode S code: AB2A84
- The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8188
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=8188
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8188-2000-10-06

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 Hanson Paul C HANSON TAILWIND W-8: https://openairdocs.org/model/hanson-paul-c-hanson-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 LAX99LA075](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX99LA075), Jan 16, 1999: Hanson Hanson Tailwind W-8 (N8188), Chula Vista, CA, destroyed. Probable cause: The loss of lubrication to the number 3 rod bearing and the resulting failure of the number 3 connecting rod. A contributing factor to the accident was the soft terrain at the accident location.

## 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 19990116000519A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990116000519A), Jan 16, 1999: Amtr TAILWINDW8 (N8188), Chula Vista, CA, Destroyed. Acft made an emergency landing and flipped over. Other circumstances are unknown. (.19) on January 16, 1999, at 0950 hours pacific standard time, a paul c.…

## Other aircraft with N8188

- [Cancelled 2017-10-20](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8188-2017-10-20): Hanson Paul C OFFSHOOT, S/N PCH-2, built 2001. Registration expired, pending cancellation. Owner: [Stiles Charles G](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/STILES%20CHARLES%20G), [San Diego, CA](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/CA/San%20Diego)
- [Cancelled 1971-02-12](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8188-1971-02-12): Brown Don BROWN ACE, S/N 2DB. Owner: [Brown Don](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/BROWN%20DON), [Wilmington, OH](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/OH/Wilmington)

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