# Accident 20221006015949A: Waszak Arthur B WITTMAN TAILWIND W10, Waldron, AR, October 6, 2022

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 6, 2022, 12:16 local time
- Place: Waldron, AR
- Airport: Waldron Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.8760° N, 94.1106° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.8760&lon=-94.1106&mi=10
- Aircraft: N717AB, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N717AB) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Waszak Arthur B WITTMAN TAILWIND W10 (registry code 05632H8, https://openairdocs.org/model/waszak-arthur-b-wittman-tailwind-w10) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-300 series (registry code 17022, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: WASZAK ARTHUR B WITTMAN TAILWIND W10
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,500 total, 1 in this make and model, 31 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN23LA007](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN23LA007) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20221006015949A

## Narrative

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

ON OCTOBER 6, 2022 ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, A WITTMAN TAILWIND W10 WAS INVOLVED IN A HARD LANDING AT WALDRON, AR (M27) THAT RESULTED IN SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT.

^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ DEPARTED WALDRON, AR (M27) ON A 35 MINUTE PHASE 1 FLIGHT WITH THE AIRCRAFT. THIS WAS THE AIRCRAFT AND AIRMAN'S FIRST FLIGHT. DURING THE FLIGHT THE SOLE AIRMAN OCCUPANT PERFORMED SEVERAL MANEUVERS TO INCLUDE TURNS, SLOW FLIGHT AND STALLS TO BECOME FAMILIAR TO OPERATING THE NEW AIRCRAFT IN

PHASE 1. THE AIRMAN COMMENTED THAT THE AIRCRAFT HAD SUBSTANTIAL MORE PERFORMANCE AND MANEUVERABILITY THEN THE PREVIOUS TAILWHEEL AIRCRAFT HE HAS FLOWN. DURING SEVERAL PRACTICE STALLS THE AIRMAN NOTICED THAT THE AIRCRAFT KEPT FLYING WHEN IN A STALLED CONFIGURATION WITH THE POWER SET TO 1200 RPM AND WAS STILL CONTROLLABLE IN AN IDLED STALLED DECENT.

DURING THE APPROACH TO LANDING, THE AIRMAN STATED THAT THE PRACTICE STALLS HAD “FOOLED” HIM INTO BELIEVING THE AIRCRAFT HAD MORE PERFORMANCE AND CONTROLLABILITY THEN ACTUALITY. DUE TO THIS MINDSET THE AIRMAN BROUGHT THE AIRCRAFT INTO A MAX PERFORAMCE LANDING VS A NORMAL LANDING FOR THE AIRCRAFT'S FIRST LANDING. THE FIRST LANDING ATTEPMT WAS ABORTED DUE TO BEING HIGH AND FAST.

DURING SECOND LANDING ATTEMPT ROUNDOUT, THE AIRCRAFT STALLED AND DROPPED FROM ABOUT 6 TO 10 FEET ABOVE THE RUNWAY AND LANDED HARD ON RUNWAY 27. THE AIRCRAFT BOUNCED ONCE BEFORE THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR COLLAPSED CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO NOSE OVER AND FLIP INVERTED. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST INVERTED ON THE LEFT SIDE OF RUNWAY 27.

## 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 CEN23LA007](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN23LA007), Oct 6, 2022: Waszak Arthur B Wittman Tailwind W10 (N717AB), Waldron, AR, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain adequate airspeed during the landing resulting in an inadvertent aerodynamic stall and hard landing.

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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