# Wheeler TAILWIND W-8

- Type: Aircraft model (FAA registry)
- Registry code: 9790806
- Manufacturer (registry): WHEELER
- Model: TAILWIND W-8
- Aircraft type: Fixed wing single engine
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: 1 · Reciprocating
- Seats: 2
- Weight class: Up to 12,499 lb
- Cruise speed: 111 mph
- Certification: Not type certificated
- Registered aircraft: 0
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/model/wheeler-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 LAX77FUJ48](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX77FUJ48), May 21, 1977: Tailwind W-8A (N19EW), Mayer, AZ, destroyed, 2 fatal

## FAA accident and incident reports

None matched to aircraft with this model.

## Service difficulty reports (2)

As reported by operators and repair stations, by the model named in the report.

- [SDR 2011FA0000387](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/2011FA0000387), May 25, 2011: GOVERNOR. FAILED. UPON REMOVAL OF THE GOVERNOR HEAD IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE PILOT VALVE ASSEMBLY EXPERIENCED A CATASTROPHIC FAILURE. THE PILOT VALVE IS ASSEMBLED OF THREE COMP
- [SDR 96ZZZX5894](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/96ZZZX5894), Oct 13, 1996: BELT ATTACH. FAILED. AIRPLANE CRASHED BECAUSE OF ENGINE FAILURE BUT THE SEAT BELTS FAILED BECAUSE OF POOR WELDS. ATTACHMENT LUGS BROKE LOOSE FROM STRUCTURE, ALLOWING PILOT TO BE EJE

## The same model under other registry codes

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

- [Norton Claude C TAILWIND - W8](https://openairdocs.org/model/norton-claude-c-tailwind-w8): 1 registered aircraft, registry code 05607EO
- [Gilbert Jeffrey T TAILWIND W-8](https://openairdocs.org/model/gilbert-jeffrey-t-tailwind-w-8): 1 registered aircraft, registry code 05620VK
- [Mildebrandt Donald E TAILWIND W-8](https://openairdocs.org/model/mildebrandt-donald-e-tailwind-w-8): 1 registered aircraft, registry code 05624JW
- [Powell/Tuttle TAILWIND W-8](https://openairdocs.org/model/powell-tuttle-tailwind-w-8): 1 registered aircraft, registry code 9570332
- [Carter-Wittman TAILWIND W-8](https://openairdocs.org/model/carter-wittman-tailwind-w-8): 1 registered aircraft, registry code 9790169
- [Feyma TAILWIND W-8](https://openairdocs.org/model/feyma-tailwind-w-8): 1 registered aircraft, registry code 97902BT
- [Gallman TAILWIND W-8](https://openairdocs.org/model/gallman-tailwind-w-8): 1 registered aircraft, registry code 9790802
- [Passow TAILWIND W-8](https://openairdocs.org/model/passow-tailwind-w-8): 1 registered aircraft, registry code 9790825
- [Derocco-Clement TAILWIND W8](https://openairdocs.org/model/derocco-clement-tailwind-w8): 1 registered aircraft, registry code 9790831
- [Glines Kenneth TAILWIND W-8](https://openairdocs.org/model/glines-kenneth-tailwind-w-8): 1 registered aircraft, registry code 9790843
- [Massey Richard L TAILWIND W8](https://openairdocs.org/model/massey-richard-l-tailwind-w8): 1 registered aircraft, registry code 9790844
- [Liberti Frank R TAILWIND W-8](https://openairdocs.org/model/liberti-frank-r-tailwind-w-8): 1 registered aircraft, registry code 9790846

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