# Stanton WITTMAN TAILWIND W-8

- Type: Aircraft model (FAA registry)
- Registry code: 97902ZN
- Manufacturer (registry): STANTON
- Model: WITTMAN TAILWIND W-8
- Aircraft type: Fixed wing single engine
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: 1 · Reciprocating
- Seats: 1
- Weight class: Up to 12,499 lb
- Cruise speed: 112 mph
- Certification: Not type certificated
- Registered aircraft: 0
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/model/stanton-wittman-tailwind-w-8

Model codes come from the FAA registry's reference file. ADs are matched to them by model name and maker.

## ADs that may apply (OpenAirDocs)

Matched to this model by model name and maker. Each AD's applicability may narrow it by serial number, part number or equipment.

None matched.

## Registered aircraft

None registered with this model now.

## NTSB investigations (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 NYC67F0168](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC67F0168), Aug 14, 1966: Whitman T-WIND (N370Y), Sussex, NJ, destroyed

## FAA accident and incident reports (1)

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.

- [Incident 19780731044539I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780731044539I), Jul 31, 1978: Amtrwt TAILWIND/ (N370Y), Winchester, IN, Minor damage. Lost directional control on rollout when control rod to tailwheel disconnected. The cotter pin had failed.

## The same model under other registry codes

Amateur-built copies and renamed makers get their own codes.

- [Schnicker James Edward WITTMAN TAILWIND W8](https://openairdocs.org/model/schnicker-james-edward-wittman-tailwind-w8): 1 registered aircraft, registry code 05610TD
- [Alfred Freeman Newman JR WITTMAN TAILWIND W-8](https://openairdocs.org/model/alfred-freeman-newman-jr-wittman-tailwind-w-8): 1 registered aircraft, registry code 05638OU
- [Kenneth Eack WITTMAN TAILWIND W-8](https://openairdocs.org/model/kenneth-eack-wittman-tailwind-w-8): 1 registered aircraft, registry code 05643RZ
- [Carlberg WITTMAN TAILWIND W-8](https://openairdocs.org/model/carlberg-wittman-tailwind-w-8): 1 registered aircraft, registry code 97901A3
- [Carlberg WITTMAN TAILWIND W8](https://openairdocs.org/model/carlberg-wittman-tailwind-w8): 1 registered aircraft, registry code 9790259
- [Wilford WITTMAN TAILWIND W-8](https://openairdocs.org/model/wilford-wittman-tailwind-w-8): 1 registered aircraft, registry code 9790286
- [Pyeatt WITTMAN TAILWIND W-8](https://openairdocs.org/model/pyeatt-wittman-tailwind-w-8): 1 registered aircraft, registry code 97902BL
- [Andrews WITTMAN TAILWIND W-8](https://openairdocs.org/model/andrews-wittman-tailwind-w-8): 1 registered aircraft, registry code 9790301
- [Owens WITTMAN TAILWIND-W-8](https://openairdocs.org/model/owens-wittman-tailwind-w-8): 1 registered aircraft, registry code 9790306
- [Lafleur Hal A WITTMAN TAILWIND W-8](https://openairdocs.org/model/lafleur-hal-a-wittman-tailwind-w-8): 1 registered aircraft, registry code 9790511
- [Alkire Richard P WITTMAN TAILWIND W 8](https://openairdocs.org/model/alkire-richard-p-wittman-tailwind-w-8): 1 registered aircraft, registry code 9790521
- [Groelz WITTMAN TAILWIND W-8](https://openairdocs.org/model/groelz-wittman-tailwind-w-8): 1 registered aircraft, registry code 9790804

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