# Wiggins Edward AIR BOSS

- Type: Aircraft model (FAA registry)
- Registry code: 056314I
- Manufacturer (registry): WIGGINS EDWARD
- Model: AIR BOSS
- Aircraft type: Rotorcraft
- Category: Rotorcraft
- Engines: 1 · 4 cycle
- Seats: 1
- Weight class: Up to 12,499 lb
- Certification: Not type certificated
- Registered aircraft: 0
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/model/wiggins-edward-air-boss

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)

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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 CEN12FA619](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN12FA619), Sep 10, 2012: Wiggins AIR Boss (N717EW), Lansing, IL, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to obtain adequate familiarization with gyroplane operations before attempting a flight test of the recently completed gyroplane, which resulted in his failure to maintain control…

## 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.

- [Accident 20120910019319A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120910019319A), Sep 10, 2012: Wiggins Edward AIR BOSS (N717EW), Lansing, IL, Destroyed, 1 fatal. Pilot was testing a gyroplane which he built. According to an eyewitness, [privacy data omitted] had no stated intention to fly. He applied takeoff power, got…

## The same model under other registry codes

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

- [Southern AIR BOSS](https://openairdocs.org/model/southern-air-boss): 0 registered aircraft, registry code 0790209

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