19960518024699I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Amtrwt TAILWINDW8 · New Orleans, LA · May 18, 1996

Date: May 18, 1996 · 09:44 local
Place: New Orleans, LA
Airport: Lakefront Airport
Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N314T
Reported as: Amtrwt TAILWINDW8
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 4,000 total800 in this make and model30 in the last 90 days

N314TRegistration cancelled Apr 30, 2015 · Whittman Tailwind W-8S/N 1-T0 · Built 1965 Airframe modelWhittman Tailwind W-8 Engine modelLycoming 0-290 series4 cycle

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Narrative: on may 18, 1996, at 0944 CDT, a whitman tailwind, model W-8, amateur built aircraft experienced a disintegration of its tail wheel during a landing roll at New Orleans Lakefront Airport (new), New Orleans, Louisiana. Subsequent investigation revealed that this was an original installation in 1965. The solid rubber tire had disbonded from the hub. The aircraft sustained minor damage when it veered off the runway. The private pilot was not injured.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: ON MAY 18, 1996, AT 0944 CDT, A WHITMAN TAILWIND, MODEL W-8, AMATEUR BUILT AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCED A DISINTEGRATION OF ITS TAIL WHEEL DURING A LANDING ROLL AT NEW ORLEANS LAKEFRONT AIRPORT (NEW), NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA. SUBSEQUENT INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT THIS WAS AN ORIGINAL INSTALLATION IN 1965. THE SOLID RUBBER TIRE HAD DISBONDED FROM THE HUB. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE WHEN IT VEERED OFF THE RUNWAY. THE PRIVATE PILOT WAS NOT INJURED.

Other reports on N314T · 1

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

Incident 19870214013259ILevel Off Touchdown · New Orleans, LAAfter takeoff the landing gear failed in mid travel position. Minor damage on landing. Gear drive uncoupled.Feb 14, 1987 · Minor damage