# Incident 19950330013969I: Amtr SEAWIND3000, Miami, FL, March 30, 1995

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 30, 1995, 16:38 local time
- Place: Miami, FL
- Airport: Opa Locka Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 25.7743° N, 80.1937° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Miami, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=25.7743&lon=-80.1937&mi=10
- Aircraft: N137JB (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: AMTR SEAWIND3000
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,000 total, 3 in this make and model, 60 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950330013969I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

NARRATIVE: PILOT WAS MAKING FIRST TEST FLIGHT ON THIS HOMEBUILT AMPHIBIAN A/C. ON TAKE OFF AIRCRAFT STARTED PORPOISING AND THE NOSE WHEEL STRUCK THE RUNWAY. THE PILOT CONTINUED TAKE OFF AND FLEW AROUND THE PATTERN AT OPF AND LANDED AT WHICH TIME THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED. MINIMAL DAMAGE WAS SUSTAINED. NO FURTHER ACTION PLANNED. CASE CLOSED.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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