# Incident 20040329006039I: Amtr SEAREY, Belle Glade, FL, March 29, 2004

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 29, 2004, 00:28 local time
- Place: Belle Glade, FL
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 26.6922° N, 80.6660° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Belle Glade, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.6922&lon=-80.6660&mi=10
- Aircraft: N77MT, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N77MT-2020-05-29) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Toia Matthew J SEAREY (registry code 05605Z8, https://openairdocs.org/model/toia-matthew-j-searey) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Bombardier ROTAX (ALL) (registry code 09050, https://openairdocs.org/engine/bombardier-rotax-all) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR SEAREY
- Reported engine: ROTAX ROTAX*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,450 total, 200 in this make and model, 6 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040329006039I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT DEPARTED LANTANA AIRPARK (LNA) TO CONDUCT TOUCH AND GO LANDINGS ON LAKE OKEECHOBEE. HE DEPARTED THE LAKE AT ABOUT 16:00 FOR (LNA), THE ENGINE DID NOT SEEM TO BE RUNNING PROPERLY, ALTHOUGH HE SAID NOTHING SPECIFIC WAS CAUSING A PROBLEM. HE LANDED AT BELL GLADE (X10), AND CHECKED THE PLANE AND ENGINE. THE PILOT COULD NOT FIND ANYTHING WRONG OR OUT OF THE ORDINARY. HE THEN DEPARTED (X10) FOR (LNA). FIVE MINUTES AFTER DEPARTURE THE COCKPIT STARTED TO FILL WITH SMOKE. HE DECIDED TO LAND IMMEDIATELY ON GATOR BLVD, WHICH IS ABOUT 3 MILES EAST OF BELL GLADE. HE TURNED ELECTRICAL POWER OFF AND SHUT THE ENGINE DOWN, AND DEAD STICKED THE AIRCRAFT ONTO THE ROAD. HE WAS NOT ABLE TO FULLY EXTEND THE GEAR LANDED ON THE KEEL WITH MINIMAL DAMAGE. FURTHER INSPECTION BY MAINTENANCE REVILED THAT A COOLANT HOSE WAS LEAKING AT THE ENGINE CAUSING STEAM, NOT SMOKE. (CALLED ^PRIVACY DAT^ NTSB AND LEFT HIM A VOICE MAIL THAT NO FIRE OCCURRED ON N77MT IT WAS STEAM FROM COOLENT SYSTEM). THE OWNER HAD MOVED THE AIRCRAFT TO THE AMPHIBIAN REPAIR FACILITY IN SEBRING, FLORIDA, AN AUTHORIZED DEALER FOR SEARAY AIRCRAFT.

## Other reports on N77MT (2)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20130310003609I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130310003609I), Mar 10, 2013: Toia Matthew J SEAREY (N77MT), Davenport, FL, Minor damage. On March 10, 2013 at approximately 1340 EDT, an expirimental amatuer built aircraft, searay, N77MT departed lake jackson in sebring Florida, with a destination…
- [Incident 19990405017919I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990405017919I), Apr 5, 1999: Amtr SEAREY (N77MT), Hyannis, MA, Minor damage. (-5) On 04-05-99, at 0832, N77MT landed at Hyannis, MA, upon touch down the left main gear collapsed. Mr. Matthew joseph toia the pilot reported that at touch…

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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