# Accident 19880807030709A: Amtrwt TAILWINDW8, Watsonville, CA, August 7, 1988

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 7, 1988, 13:45 local time
- Place: Watsonville, CA
- Airport: Watsonville Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.9357° N, 121.7896° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WATSONVILLE MUNI (WVI), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.9357&lon=-121.7896&mi=10
- Aircraft: N333HL, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N333HL) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Lafleur Hal A WITTMAN TAILWIND W-8 (registry code 9790511, https://openairdocs.org/model/lafleur-hal-a-wittman-tailwind-w-8) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental C85 series (registry code 17008, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c85-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTRWT TAILWINDW8
- Reported engine: CONT C8512F
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,380 total, 380 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX88DVM03](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX88DVM03) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880807030709A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

ENGINE QUIT ON CLIMB TO CRUISE. NOSED OVER LANDING. CONNECTING RODS BROKEN. BOLTS FOR ONE CONNECTING ROD MISSING.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (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 LAX88DVM03](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX88DVM03), Aug 7, 1988: Wittman Tailwind W-8 (N333HL), Watsonville, CA, substantial damage

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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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