# NTSB CHI69F0034: Tailwind Cougar, N12045, Ypsilanti, MI, July 3, 1968

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Closed
- Date: July 3, 1968
- Place: Ypsilanti, MI · YPSILANTI, MI
- Location: 42.2444° N, 83.6212° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Ypsilanti, MI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.2444&lon=-83.6212&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Initial climb](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/350) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 1 minor
- Status: Completed, report August 1, 1968
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 110319
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI69F0034
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI69F0034

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-1746   68/7/3    YPSILANTI,MICH      TAILWIND COUGAR     CR-  0  0  1  MISCELLANEOUS             PRIVATE, AGE 40, 87 TOTAL
        TIME - 0900                    N12045              PX-  0  0  0  TEST                      HOURS, 0 IN TYPE, NOT
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - WILLOW RUN
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED                TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           SYSTEMS - FLIGHT CONTROL SYSTEMS: OTHER
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPERLY SECURED
           PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE INSPECTION OF AIRCRAFT (OWNER-PILOT)
        REMARKS- CLAMP HOLDING CONTROL STICK LOOSE. STICK CAME OUT OF SOCKET- FIRST FLT OF ACFT.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N12045](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N12045-1971-03-24), registration cancelled 1971-03-24, S/N 1 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: TAILWIND COUGAR
- Registry model: [Tailwind-Couger #1](https://openairdocs.org/model/tailwind-couger-1) (registry code 97902H8) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane, amateur-built
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Willow Run

## Other investigations on N12045 (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 CHI70DDW27](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI70DDW27), Jun 20, 1970: Tailwind Cougar (N12045), Imlay City, MI, destroyed

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.

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