Homebuilt Aircraft Fleet Sizes

[rwanttaja]

I searched using W10, then read through the results. There were 3 pages, several with Wittman, Whitman, Tailwind, Tail Wind, etc.

Thanks, that helped me chase down the difference. Thought my filter-fu was messed up. :-)

Assuming you used this site...

https://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinq...f_Inquiry.aspx

... it works by model code, not N-Number. This tells one how many aircraft of a given type *have* been licensed at one point, but does not address whether they're currently in the FAA registry.

If you cross-reference the model codes to the N-Number list, 32 of those Tailwinds have had their registrations canceled. My search using the downloaded database was only for active registrations (though, obviously, I do maintain a list of de-registered aircraft as well).

Here's the list of de-registered W10s.

N-NUMBER	Dereg year	MFR	MODEL	YEAR-MFR	MFR-MDL-CODE	SERIAL-NUMBER
17PV	2009	STRUBLE MATT	W-10	1996	056017O	969
598	2013	BRUSE EVERT HUBERT	TAILWIND W8MW10		0560250	589
320WT	2011	ALLEY BRIAN K	W-10 TAILWIND	1997	056033J	940
622TW	2005	GRIFFITH THOMAS W	WITTMAN TAILWND W-10		05603PD	622
270RS	2013	STEBER RONALD J	WITTMAN TLWND W-10		056048K	DR2
512DT	2013	TRAUGER DAVID J	WITTMAN TLWIND W-10	1999	056049C	DR1
1210U	2015	CHENEY HAROLD A	TAILWIND W-10		05604BS	979
6246D	1997	LOUCKS GARY D	TAIL WIND W-10		05604CR	1156
1194K	2000	DURRWACHTER JOHN C	WITTMAN TAILWND W-10		05604PD	1051
7079N	2000	MCCLANAHAN HOMER W	WHITMAN TAILWND W-10		05605FZ	1181
173RS	2001	BEAN ROBERT E	WITTMAN TAILWIND W10		05605S6	001032028RS
101XN	2013	KENNEDY FRANCIS M	WITTMAN/KENNEDY MW10		0560684	953
8470X	2001	FREUND FRIEDRICH W	WITTMAN TAILWIND W10		05607QZ	1178
543CL	2002	MCCOY ROBERT S	W10 TAILWIND		05611T9	01-1186
9XU	2006	SNAVELY GLENN E	WITTMAN TAILWIN-W-10		05612G0	1
488WB	2010	BYRD JOHN MCINTOSH	WITTMAN W-10		05613OF	1195
4031X	2008	MORPHEW BEN	WITTMAN W-10		056140J	545
40WB	2009	BERNARD WILLIAM R JR	TAILWIND W-10	2004	056158M	98-1100
688CS	2009	STEWART WILLIAM L	WITTMAN TAILWIND W10	2006	05621MD	1001
547S	2005	WHITLOCK DONALD C	TAILWIND W-10		05626J3	719
865JT	2018	WING JOHN R	WITTMAN TAILWIND W10	2011	05631AW	001
211TW	2018	ROBERT C CROFT / RALPH G CROFT	WITTMAN W10 TAILWIND		05633CQ	99-1130
79BT		TANNER-BILL	WITTMAN TAILWIND W10		9790506	461
49BT	2001	TANNER BOB J.	WITTMAN TAILWIND W10		9790507	49BT
9054R	2018	COUGHLIN JERRY E	W-10 TAILWIND	1981	9790509	438
62JE	2013	EVANS JAMES H	WITTMAN TAILWIND W10		9790514	448
625JS	2019	SHIVER JAMES H	TAILWIND W-10	1986	9790517	JS 466
8175G	2018	CLEMENT JAMES L	WITTMAN W-10	1989	9790525	436
38CW	2001	WOOD CALLBIE FRANKLIN JR	WITTMAN W-10		9790526	651
90TS	2005	SMITH TAYLOR	WITTMANW-10	1990	9790527	587
557CL	2017	ROE CLEO	WITTMAN TAILWIND W10	1992	9790531	557

Ron Wanttaja