# Incident 20021219037399I: Amtr SEAWIND, Punta Gorda, FL, December 19, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 19, 2002, 10:55 local time
- Place: Punta Gorda, FL
- Airport: Charlotte County
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 26.8940° N, 82.0665° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Punta Gorda, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.8940&lon=-82.0665&mi=10
- Aircraft: N20W, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N20W) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Can Park SEAWIND KIT (registry code 95708GA, https://openairdocs.org/model/can-park-seawind-kit) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-540 series (registry code 41530, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR SEAWIND
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,000 total, 55 in this make and model, 3 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20021219037399I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRCRAFT DEPARTED PINE SHADOWS AIR PARK (94FL) AT 09:45 LOCAL TIME FOR KEY WEST, FL VFR WITH NO FLIGHT PLAN INITIATED. WHEN APPROXIMATELY TWENTY-FIVE MILES WEST OF KEY WEST AT 6,500 FEET, THEY EXPERIENCED A COMPLETE ELECTRICAL FAILURE RESULTING IN NO COMMUNICATIONS OR HYDRAULIC POWER. PIC ELECTED TO RETURN TO PGD TO ATTEMPT A LANDING ON THE GRASS PARALLEL TO R/W 09 AS HE HAD NO LANDING GEAR INDICATION. HE LANDED ON THE R/H SIDE OF RUNWAY 09 IN THE GRASS, BUT SWUNG TO THE LEFT AS HE ONLY HAD THE R/H MLG DOWN AND LOCKED - BOTH THE NOSE LG AND L/H MLG COLLAPSED. THE AIRCRAFT SLID ACROSS R/W 09 RESULTING IN MINOR SCRAPING DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT AND WITH NO INJURIES TO THE PIC OR HIS PASSENGER.

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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