# Tomishin-Whittman Tailwind W-8

- Type: Aircraft model (FAA registry)
- Registry code: 97902JN
- Manufacturer (registry): TOMISHIN-WHITTMAN TAILWIND
- Model: 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/tomishin-whittman-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 (2)

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 FTW02LA242](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW02LA242), Aug 27, 2002: Whittman Tailwind W-8 (N3992A), Albuquerque, NM, substantial damage. Probable cause: The structural failure and separation of a propeller blade for undetermined reasons. A contributing factor was the lack of suitable terrain available to the pilot to execute a forced landing.
- [NTSB ATL87DEI12](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL87DEI12), Sep 4, 1987: Tomishin W-8 (N3992A), Painesville, OH, substantial damage

## FAA accident and incident reports (2)

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.

- [Accident 20020827021469A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020827021469A), Aug 27, 2002: Amtr TAILWINDW8 (N3992A), Albuquerque, NM, Substantial damage. (.19) On August 27, 2002, at 0940 mountain daylight time, a whittman tailwind experimental homebuilt single-engine airplane, N3992A, was substantially damaged…
- [Accident 19870904049859A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870904049859A), Sep 4, 1987: Amtrwt TAILWINDW8 (N3992A), Painesville, OH, Substantial damage. Oil covered the windshield from a prop hub oil leak. Tried to land on side of runway, veered into plowed ground.

## The same model under other registry codes

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

- [Wittman Tailwind W-8](https://openairdocs.org/model/wittman-tailwind-w-8): 2 registered aircraft, registry code 97902Z3
- [Dillon Terry C W-8](https://openairdocs.org/model/dillon-terry-c-w-8): 1 registered aircraft, registry code 056255M
- [Whittman Tailwind W-8](https://openairdocs.org/model/whittman-tailwind-w-8): 1 registered aircraft, registry code 979022A
- [Whittman Tailwind W-8](https://openairdocs.org/model/whittman-tailwind-w-8): 1 registered aircraft, registry code 979025U
- [Wittman Tailwind W-8](https://openairdocs.org/model/wittman-tailwind-w-8): 1 registered aircraft, registry code 979026A
- [Wittman Tailwind W-8](https://openairdocs.org/model/wittman-tailwind-w-8): 1 registered aircraft, registry code 979027P
- [Whittman Tailwind W-8](https://openairdocs.org/model/whittman-tailwind-w-8): 1 registered aircraft, registry code 9790280
- [Wittman Tailwind W-8](https://openairdocs.org/model/wittman-tailwind-w-8): 1 registered aircraft, registry code 9790287
- [Whittman Tailwind W-8](https://openairdocs.org/model/whittman-tailwind-w-8): 1 registered aircraft, registry code 979028G
- [Wojahn-Wittman Tailwind W-8](https://openairdocs.org/model/wojahn-wittman-tailwind-w-8): 1 registered aircraft, registry code 979028H
- [Wittman Tailwind W-8](https://openairdocs.org/model/wittman-tailwind-w-8): 1 registered aircraft, registry code 979028Y
- [La France Tailwind W-8](https://openairdocs.org/model/la-france-tailwind-w-8): 1 registered aircraft, registry code 97902DP

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