# Accident 20180123006639A: Home Built W-10 TAILWIND, Sauk Centre, MN, January 23, 2018

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 23, 2018, 15:30 local time
- Place: Sauk Centre, MN
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Maneuver
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.6597° N, 94.9303° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.6597&lon=-94.9303&mi=10
- Aircraft: N251WT, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N251WT-2020-04-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Skwira Matthew J W-10 TAILWIND (registry code 05636KH, https://openairdocs.org/model/skwira-matthew-j-w-10-tailwind) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: HOME BUILT W-10 TAILWIND
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 306 total, 22 in this make and model, 18 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN18FA083](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN18FA083) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180123006639A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT DEPARTED SAUK CENTRE MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (D39) AT APPROXIMATELY 1200 CENTRAL TIME FOR LOCAL FLIGHT.   AUTHORITIES WERE ALERTED LATER IN THE AFTERNOON THAT THE PILOT HAD NOT RETURNED AS SCHEDULED.   AN ALERT NOTICE (ALNOT) WAS ISSUED AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS LOCATED THE FOLLOWING MORNING.  THE WRECKAGE WAS 2.7 MILES SOUTH OF THE DEPARTURE AIRPORT IN AN OPEN FIELD.  THE AIRCRAFT IMPACT SITE WAS CONTAINED TO THE AREA IMMEDIATELY AROUND THE AIRCRAFT.  THE PILOT SUSTAINED FATAL INJURIES.

## 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 CEN18FA083](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN18FA083), Jan 23, 2018: Skwira Matthew J W-10 Tailwind (N251WT), Sauk Centre, MN, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: Impact with terrain for reasons that could not be determined based on the available information.

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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