# Incident 20000514017769I: Amtr SEAWIND3000, Lake Placid, FL, May 14, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 14, 2000, 13:04 local time
- Place: Lake Placid, FL
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: To Aborted (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 27.3026° N, 81.3715° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Lake Placid, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.3026&lon=-81.3715&mi=10
- Aircraft: N25BK, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N25BK) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boltair SEAWIND 3000 (registry code 056060C, https://openairdocs.org/model/boltair-seawind-3000) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR SEAWIND3000
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 25,000 total, 60 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000514017769I

## Narrative

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

(-23)PILOT WAS UNABLE TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF AIRCRAFT AFTER TAKE OFF FROM WATER. PILOT ABORTED AND AIRCRAFT COLLIDED WITH WATER.  LEFT WING FLAP ACTUATING CONTROL ROD FAILED ALLOWING A SYMMETRICAL FLAP CONDITION.

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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