# Accident 19990211001289A: Amtr SEAWIND3000, Bradenton, FL, February 11, 1999

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 11, 1999, 16:10 local time
- Place: Bradenton, FL
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 27.4898° N, 82.5768° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Bradenton, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.4898&lon=-82.5768&mi=10
- Aircraft: N76SW, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N76SW-1999-07-27) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Wolf Donald SEAWIND (registry code 05628SB, https://openairdocs.org/model/wolf-donald-seawind) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR SEAWIND3000
- Reported engine: LYC IO540*
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,089 total, 203 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA99LA079](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA99LA079) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990211001289A

## Narrative

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

ACFT ENGINE QUIT, AND THE ACFT CRASH-LANDED AT THE RIVER CLUB GOLF CENTER. OTHER CIRCUMSTANCES ARE UNKNOWN. (.19) ON FEBRUARY 11, 1999, ABOUT 1610 EASTERN STANDARD TIME, AN EXPERIMENTAL WOLF SEAWIND 3000, N76SW, REGISTERED TO VISIONS UNLIMITED, LLC., OPERATING AS A TITLE 14 CFR PART 91 PERSONAL FLIGHT, CRASHED IN THE VICINITY OF BRADENTON, FLORIDA. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED AND THE COMMERCIAL-RATED PILOT SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES. THE FLIGHT DEPARTED SARASOTA/BRADENTON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT ABOUT 5 MINUTES BEFORE THE ACCIDENT. ACCORDING TO SARASOTA TOWER PERSONNEL, N76SW DEPARTED ABOUT 1605, FOR CHARLESTON EXECUTIVE AIRPORT, SOUTH CAROLINA, REQUESTING FLIGHT FOLLOWING, AND HAD JUST BEEN HANDED OFF TO TAMPA ATC WHEN THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED. ACCORDING TO THE MANATEE COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT, AN EYEWITNESS OBSERVED SMOKE STREAMING FROM THE ENGINE JUST BEFORE THE CRASH. A STREAM OF ENGINE OIL FROM THE ENGINE COWLING TO THE TAIL WAS FOUND ON THE WRECKAGE BY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT PERSONNEL. (.4) THE PILOT REPORTED THAT DURING DEPARTURE CLIMB AT 400 FEET AGL, HIS ENGINE LOST POWER AND RPM DECAYED         RAPIDLY. HIS FIRST INCLINATION WAS TO TURN THE AMPHIBIAN TOWARD A LAKE, BUT THE POWER DECAY WAS TOO RAPID, AND HE CHOSE A GOLF COURSE, INSTEAD. HE WAS FORCED TO MAKE A LATE CORRECTION TO HIS INTENDED TOUCHDOWN POINT DUE TO GOLFERS, AND MADE A GEAR AND FLAPS UP, HARD TOUCHDOWN SUSTAINING DAMAGE TO THE AIRPLANE. SUBSEQUENT EXAMINATION OF THE ENGINE REVEALED NO. 2 PISTON HAD A HOLE BURNED COMPLETELY THROUGH ITS SKIRT AND TOP, AND THE NOSE CRANKSHAFT SEAL WAS BLOWN OUT, ALLOWING LUBRICATING OIL TO ESCAPE OVERBOARD.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB MIA99LA079](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA99LA079), Feb 11, 1999: Wolf Seawind 3000 (N76SW), Bradenton, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: Total loss of engine power due to a burned piston for undetermined reasons resulting in a forced landing to unsuitable terrain and the subsequent crash landing onto a golf course.

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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