# Incident 20080814842139I: Amtr TAILWINDW10, Newport News, VA, August 14, 2008

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 14, 2008, 10:00 local time
- Place: Newport News, VA
- Airport: Newport News/Williamsburg International
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.1319° N, 76.4930° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at NEWPORT NEWS/WILLIAMSBURG INTL (PHF), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.1319&lon=-76.4930&mi=10
- Aircraft: N155SW, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N155SW) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Ruhnke Michael L TAILWIND W-10 (registry code 056258O, https://openairdocs.org/model/ruhnke-michael-l-tailwind-w-10) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR TAILWINDW10
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 0 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080814842139I

## Narrative

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

(-23) OWNER/PILOT STATED HE WAS CLIMBING WHILE ORBITING DURING PHASE ONE FLIGHT TESTING WHEN THE AIRCRAFT ENGINE SEIZED.  THE PILOT DID NOT ATTEMPT TO RESTART THE ENGINE BECAUSE THE RUNWAY WAS IN SIGHT AND HE HAD SUFFICIENT ALTITUDE TO MAKE THE RUNWAY.  AN UNEVENTFUL LANDING WAS MADE AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS TOWED TO THE RAMP.  A SUBSEQUENT ENGINE TEARDOWN WAS PERFORMED BY THE OWNER/BUILDER OF THE EXPERIMENTAL AIRCRAFT.  A SEIZED PROPELLER SHAFT SUPPORT BEARING WAS FOUND WHICH APPARENTLY CAUSED THE ENGINE TO STOP.  TOTAL TIME ON THE AUTOMOTIVE CONVERSION PART UNKNOWN HOWEVER THE PILOT REPORTED 3.5 HOURS FLIGHT TIME.

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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