# Accident 20020623022099A: Amtr TAILWINDW8, Mesquite, TX, June 23, 2002

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 23, 2002, 17:30 local time
- Place: Mesquite, TX
- Airport: Phil L Hudson Municipal Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.7469° N, 96.5306° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.7469&lon=-96.5306&mi=10
- Aircraft: N14VK, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N14VK-2014-12-17) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Lidster Robert TAILWIND W-8 (registry code 056076H, https://openairdocs.org/model/lidster-robert-tailwind-w-8) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR TAILWINDW8
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW02LA187](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW02LA187) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020623022099A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON JUNE 23, 2002, AT APPROXIMATELY 1730 CENTRAL DAYLIGHT TIME, A LIDSTER, WITTMAN W-8 TAILWIND, EXPERIMENTAL HOMEBUILT AIRPLANE, N14VK, WAS DESTROYED WHEN IT STRUCK TREES AND TERRAIN NEAR MESQUITE, TEXAS. THE AIRPLANE WAS OWNED AND OPERATED BY THE BUILDER/PILOT UNDER CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS PART 91. THE PRIVATE PILOT RECEIVED FATAL INJURIES. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED FOR THE LOCAL FLIGHT AND A FLIGHT PLAN WAS NOT FILED. THE PERSONAL FLIGHT DEPARTED THE MESQUITE METRO AIRPORT LESS THAN FIVE MINUTES BEFORE THE FATAL ACCIDENT. THE AIRCRAFT WAS FOUND RESTING NOSE DOWN IN THE TERRAIN AT THE BASE OF 30-FOOT TREES. THE ENGINE WAS FOUND IN A CRATER NEAR THE MAIN WRECKAGE. THE OUTBOARD 2 FEET OF THE LEFT WING WITH THE LEFT WING SPAR WAS FOUND APPROXIMATELY 300 YARDS FROM THE MAIN WRECKAGE.

## 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 FTW02LA187](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW02LA187), Jun 23, 2002: Lidster Wittman Tailwind W-8 (N14VK), Mesquite, TX, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The in-flight separation of the outboard portion of the left wing due to the failure of the wing spar resulting from the builder's improper installation of a wing that did not meet the drawing…

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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