# Accident 20240803009989A: Dendy Joe A TAILWIND W10, Livingston, TX, August 3, 2024 - Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported - Date: August 3, 2024, 10:00 local time - Place: Livingston, TX - Airport: Livingston Municipal - Damage: Substantial damage - Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight - Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91) - Location: 30.6862° N, 95.0180° W: From the FAA - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.6862&lon=-95.0180&mi=10 - Aircraft: N129WT, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N129WT) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry model: Dendy Joe A TAILWIND W10 (registry code 05632XG, https://openairdocs.org/model/dendy-joe-a-tailwind-w10) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: Lycoming O-320-E2D (registry code 42123, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-320-e2d) (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: DENDY JOE A TAILWIND W10 - Reported engine: LYCOMING O-320 - People aboard: 1 - Fatal injuries: 0 - Other injuries: 1 - Pilot certificates: Airline transport - Pilot flight hours: 19,856 total - NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN24LA301](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN24LA301) (OpenAirDocs) - FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/) - Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240803009989A ## Narrative As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. AIRCRAFT, WITH ONE PERSON ON BOARD, DEPARTED BAYTOWN AIRPORT (KHPY), BAYTOWN, TX, ENROUTE GRAND PRAIRIE, TX, PART 91 FLIGHT. WHILE IN CRUISE FLIGHT, ON TWO SUCCESSIVE OCCASIONS THE PILOT HEARD A NOTABLE NOISE COMING FROM THE ENGINE. PILOT REVERSED COURSE TO RETURN TO BAYTOWN (KHPY). A FEW MINUTES LATER THE ENGINE MADE A MUCH LOUDER NOISE AND POWER DROPPED TO NEAR IDLE. UNABLE TO MAINTAIN ALTITUDE, PILOT TURNED AIRCRAFT TOWARD LIVINGSTON MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (00R). PILOT SUCCESSFULLY LANDED THE AIRCRAFT ON RUNWAY 12 BUT DUE TO ALTITUDE AND AIRSPEED LANDED LONG AND ROLLED OFF THE END OF THE RUNWAY INTO TALL GRASS WITH SOFT GROUND. THE AIRCRAFT NOSED OVER, FLIPPING OVER AND COMING TO REST ON THE TAIL. PILOT SAFELY EXITED THE AIRCRAFT. AIRCRAFT WAS RECOVERED AND PARKED AT A HANGAR ON LIVINGSTON MUNICIPAL AIRPORT PROPERTY. PILOT STATED THE AIRCRAFT WAS NOT UNDER POWER ON LANDING BUT PROPELLOR WAS WEATHERVANING. VISUAL INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT WAS CONDUCTED AT THE HANGAR WHERE THE AIRCRAFT WAS PARKED AFTER RECOVERY, WITH NO COWLINGS OPENED/REMOVED. THE FOLLOWING DAMAGE WAS OBSERVED: ALL THREE PROPELLER BLADES DAMAGED, LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR FRONT PORTION OF WHEEL FAIRING BROKEN/REMOVED, DAMAGE TO VERTICAL STABILIZER AND RUDDER, DAMAGE TO HORIZONTAL STABILIZER AND ELEVATORS, BOTH WING SUPPORTS BENT WITH RIGHT WING SUPPORT SHOWING MORE DEFORMATION, BOTH WINGS DEFLECTED DOWNWARD, FORE/AFT TEARS IN THE SKIN ON THE UPPER SURFACE OF THE LEFT WING APPROXIMATELY EIGHT AND SIXTEEN INCHES FROM THE WING ROOT, TWO LIGHT STREAKS OF OIL COMING FROM AIR INLET SCOOP ON RH SIDE UPPER SURFACE OF ENGINE COWLING JUST FORWARD OF QUICK ACCESS DOOR, EVIDENCE OF OIL STREAMING DOWN LOWER SURFACE OF FRONT ENGINE COWLING FROM PROPELLOR HUB TO LOWER AIR INLET WITH A DROPLET OF OIL HANGING ON LOWER EDGE OF PROPELLOR HUB. APPROXIMATELY FOUR OUNCES OF FUEL WAS DRAINED FROM THE FUEL TANK DRAIN. THE SAMPLE INDICATED CLEAR AND BRIGHT. INITIAL REPORT WAS THERE WERE NO INJURIES SUSTAINED. DURING INSPECTION OF AIRCRAFT, A SPOT OF WHAT APPEARED TO BE SMEARED BLOOD WAS OBSERVED ON THE EXTERIOR SURFACE OF THE PILOT’S DOOR. WHEN QUERIED, THE PILOT STATED HE SUSTAINED A LACERATION TO THE TOP OF HIS FOREHEAD THAT REQUIRED TEN STITCHES. THE AIRCRAFT WAS RELEASED FOR TRANSPORT TO BAYTOWN AIRPORT. HOUSTON ASI MET WITH PILOT^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ AND ADDITIONAL A&P CERTIFICATED MECHANIC AT BAYTOWN AIRPORT FOR THE PURPOSE OF TRYING TO DETERMINE CAUSE OF ENGINE POWER LOSS. ENGINE AND ALL ASSOCIATED COMPONENTS AND CONTROLS WERE INSPECTED AND/OR OPERATIONALLY CHECKED. NOTHING NOTABLE WAS OBSERVED DURING THE INSPECTION OF THE ENGINE AND COMPONENTS/SYSTEMS/CONTROLS. THE POSSIBILITY OF CARBURETOR ICING CAUSING REDUCED ENGINE PERFORMANCE WAS DISCUSSED. THE PILOT STATED THAT WHEN HE EXPERIENCED THE ANOMALY, HE APPLIED CARBURETOR HEAT. HE FELT THAT EXACERBATED THE PROBLEM, SO HE REMOVED CARBURETOR HEAT. THE PILOT BELIEVED WHAT HE WAS EXPERIENCING WAS MORE RELATED TO A MISFIRE. USING THE GRAPH CONTAINED IN “SPECIAL AIRWORTHINESS INFORMATION BULLETIN CE-09-35 CARBURETOR ICING PREVENTION” TO DETERMINE THE PROBABILITY OF CARBURETOR ICING FOR VARIOUS TEMPERATURE AND RELATIVE HUMIDITY CONDITIONS, BASED ON FLIGHT PARAMETERS AT THE TIME OF THE AIRCRAFT POWER LOSS, THE POSSIBILITY OF “SERIOUS ICING” IS INDICATED. ABSENT ANY FINDINGS OF MECHANICAL IRREGULARITIES IN SUBSEQUENT INSPECTIONS, IT IS POSSIBLE THE LOSS OF ENGINE POWER WAS CAUSED BY CARBURETOR ICING. ## 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 CEN24LA301](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN24LA301), Aug 3, 2024: Tailwind W10 (N129WT), West Livingston, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: A partial loss of engine power due to carburetor ice. 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. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.