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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of November 6, 2026Doan Vernon D W10-WITTMAN TAILWIND
N68TW is a Doan Vernon D W10-WITTMAN TAILWIND, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Spring Hill, Florida. The registration is valid: it was issued on December 12, 2016 and expires on December 31, 2029. No airworthiness certificate is on file, which is normal for drones and for aircraft still being built or tested.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Doan Vernon D
- Model
- W10-WITTMAN TAILWIND
- Serial number
- 881
- 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
- Seats
- 2
- Year built
- Not given
- Transponder code
- A9029C (octal 52201234)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- December 12, 2016
- Expires
- December 31, 2029
- Last FAA action
- September 22, 2023
- Airworthiness
- None on file
- FAA region
- SouthernFAA region code 7 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00175289
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Wagner Merle F
- 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
- 8390 Kenway St
Spring Hill, FL 34608-4563
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Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
Earlier use of this number 1
Connections how N68TW links to the rest of the register
- Doan Vernon D 1 aircraft on the register
- Spring Hill, FL 98 aircraft registered in this town
- Florida 21,702 aircraft registered
- Report filed on this aircraft: Transducer, failed · 2000-02-02
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The public federal record on N68TW, 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.
Valid registration to Wagner Merle F, an individual, certificate issued December 12, 2016, expires December 31, 2029. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
No airworthiness certificate is on file. Usual for a newly registered aircraft, a project, or an aircraft that has not flown since a change of registration; ask for the certificate. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 881 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N68TW was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Beech C90A (serial LJ-1200, cancelled April 11, 2001). Histories keyed to the tail number alone can mix aircraft up; this check keys on the serial number. [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 N68TW: Accident on September 29, 2021 at Brooksville, FL: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Doan Vernon D W10-WITTMAN TAILWIND · operated under 091
The failure of the nose landing gear retention bolt during taxi which resulted in a loss of control and subsequent impact with the taxiway.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of November 6, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of November 6, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of November 6, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through October 28, 2026. data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search
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Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, November 6, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data