# Incident 20000308004149I: Amtr SEAWIND3000, Sarasota-Braden, FL, March 8, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 8, 2000, 18:15 local time
- Place: Sarasota-Braden, FL
- Airport: Sarasota-Bradenton International Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 27.3954° N, 82.5544° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SARASOTA/BRADENTON INTL (SRQ), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.3954&lon=-82.5544&mi=10
- Aircraft: N35GH, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N35GH-2011-01-03) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Nave Harald SEAWIND (registry code 05609BI, https://openairdocs.org/model/nave-harald-seawind) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-540 series (registry code 41530, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR SEAWIND3000
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 100 in this make and model
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000308004149I

## Narrative

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

ON MARCH 8, 2000, MR. BOWES PIC AND MR. NAVE, OWNER OF N35GH A SEWIND AMPHIBIAM EXPIRIMENTAL HOME BUILT, REQUESTED PERMISSION FROM SARASOTA TOWER, TO PERFORMA HIGH-SPEED TAXI ON RUNWAY 32. PILOT INTENDED TO PERFORM A "BUNNY HOP".  AT APPROXIMATELY 1815 LOCAL, AIRCRAFT LIFTED OFF THE RUNWAY AND MADE A HARD LANDING.  NOSE GEAR BROK AND LEFT MAIN GEAR COLLAPSED.  PIC AND OWNER WALKED AWAY WITH NO INJURIES.  AIRCRAFT WAS MOVED TO FBO, DOPLIN AVIATION.

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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