A tailspin is a rapid, high-rotation descent of an airplane.

Tailspin or Tail Spin may also refer to:

Film Tail Spin, a 1939 aviation film Tailspin: Behind the Korean Airliner Tragedy, the American title of the 1989 British film Coded Hostile

Literature TailSpin, a 2008 novel by Catherine Coulter Tailspin, a 2018 novel by Sandra Brown Tailspin: The People and Forces Behind America's Fifty-Year Fall—and Those Fighting to Reverse It, a 2018 nonfiction book by Steven Brill

Music "Tailspin" (song), written by Jimmy Dorsey and Frankie Trumbauer "Tailspin", a song by Moe from the 2007 album The Conch "Tailspin", a song by Vinnie Moore from the 2007 album To the Core

Roller coasters Tail Spin (Dreamworld), an aviation-themed ride at Dreamworld, Gold Coast, Australia Tailspin, a roller coaster at DandiLion Park, Muskego, Wisconsin, U.S.

Other uses Tailspin, a video game mechanic from the Tekken series

See also TaleSpin, a Disney animated TV series first aired in 1990 TaleSpin (Sega video game), a platform game for the Sega Genesis and Game Gear TaleSpin (Capcom video game), for the NES and Game Boy

Tailspin Tommy, an air adventure comic strip Self-control