# Incident 19960518024699I: Amtrwt TAILWINDW8, New Orleans, LA, May 18, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 18, 1996, 09:44 local time
- Place: New Orleans, LA
- Airport: Lakefront Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.0424° N, 90.0282° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LAKEFRONT (NEW), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.0424&lon=-90.0282&mi=10
- Aircraft: N314T, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N314T-2015-04-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Whittman Tailwind W-8 (registry code 979021E, https://openairdocs.org/model/whittman-tailwind-w-8) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-290 series (registry code 41506, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-290-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTRWT TAILWINDW8
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,000 total, 800 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960518024699I

## Narrative

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

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 19870214013259I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870214013259I), Feb 14, 1987: Amtrwt TAILWINDW8 (N314T), New Orleans, LA, Minor damage. After takeoff the landing gear failed in mid travel position. Minor damage on landing. Gear drive uncoupled.

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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