Norton Claude C TAILWIND - W8
N299CB is a Norton Claude C TAILWIND - W8, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 2002. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Clovis, New Mexico. The FAA lists the registration as "sale reported, canceled". It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for amateur built, dated March 6, 2002.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Norton Claude C
- Model
- TAILWIND - W8
- Serial number
- 989
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Cont Motor C85 SERIES · 85 hp
- Seats
- 2
- Year built
- 2002
- Transponder code
- A3171D (octal 50613435)
Registration
- Status
- Sale reported, canceled
- Certificate issued
- —
- Expires
- —
- Last FAA action
- March 26, 2019
- Airworthiness
- Experimental · Amateur built · March 6, 2002
- FAA region
- Southwestern
- FAA record id
- 00593807
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Sale Reported
- Type
- Individual
- Address
- 2500 South Prince
Clovis, NM 88101
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Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
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The public federal record on N299CB, read the way a buyer, lender or insurer reads it: FAA registration, prior tail numbers keyed on the serial number, reuse of the tail number, recent registry filings, and the NTSB accident record under this and every earlier registration.
Registration status is "Sale reported, canceled". An aircraft cannot be operated on an invalid or expired registration; resolve this with the FAA before any transaction. [1]
Experimental certificate for amateur built, dated March 6, 2002, consistent with the 2002 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 989 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N299CB according to the deregistered file. [2]
No bills of sale, loans or releases have reached the registry in recent weeks. The index covers only recent filings; older liens are in the records file. [3]
1 NTSB record under N299CB: Accident on July 26, 2015 at Portales, NM: minor injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Norton Claude C TAILWIND W8 · operated under 091
The pilot's failure to maintain adequate airspeed, which resulted in the airplane exceeding its critical angle of attack while maneuvering and a subsequent aerodynamic stall.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for GAA15CA199 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through August 27, 2026. data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search
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Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 2, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data