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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of October 30, 2026Norton 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.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Norton Claude C
- Model
- TAILWIND - W8
- Serial number
- 989
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engineFAA type of aircraft code 4 (the FAA's broad category for the airframe). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating)FAA type of engine code 1 (what powers it, as the FAA classes engines). Every aircraft with this code · All codes, 1 motor · Cont Motor C85 SERIES · 85 hp
- Seats
- 2
- Year built
- 2002
- Transponder code
- A3171D (octal 50613435)
Registration
- Status
- Sale reported, canceledFAA registration status code 18 (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- —
- Expires
- —
- Last FAA action
- March 26, 2019
- Airworthiness
- ExperimentalFAA airworthiness class code 4 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). Every aircraft with this code · All codes · Amateur builtFAA certificate purpose code 2 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · March 6, 2002
- FAA region
- SouthwesternFAA region code 2 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00593807
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Sale Reported
- Type
- IndividualFAA type of owner code 1 (who holds the registration: a person, a company, a trust or a government body). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- 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.
Connections how N299CB links to the rest of the register
- Norton Claude C 2 aircraft on the register
- Continental C85 series 4,671 aircraft with this engine series · 85 hp
- Clovis, NM 80 aircraft registered in this town
- Clovis Regional · CVN
- New Mexico 3,108 aircraft registered
- FAA orders naming the Continental C85 series 7 airworthiness directives
- Failure reports on the Continental C85 series 12 reports since 1995
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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.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 30, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 30, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 30, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through September 30, 2026. data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search
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Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 30, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data