20050618016129A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Amtr SEAWIND 3000 · Sarasota-Brade, FL · June 18, 2005

Date: June 18, 2005 · 18:06 local
Place: Sarasota-Brade, FL
Airport: Sarasota-Bradenton International Airport
Phase of flight: Landing
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Destroyed
Aircraft: N7117
NTSB investigation: NTSBATL05LA103
Reported as: Amtr SEAWIND3000
Reported engine: Lycoming IO540*
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 1
Pilot’s flight hours: 4,750 total2 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

N7117Registration cancelled Feb 21, 2008 · Frost Wilfred Rutherford SR SEAWIND 3000S/N 71 · Built 2005 Airframe modelFrost Wilfred Rutherford SR SEAWIND 3000 Engine modelLycoming IO-540 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) On June 18, 2005, at 1806EDT, a seawind 3000, N7117, registered to the pilot privacy data omitted collided with a two story building in Sarasota, Florida, while on a test flight of his home built aircraft. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time but there was not a flight plan on file. The aircraft was totally destroyed and the pilot was killed as a result of the crash. The flight originated from Sarasota international airport on June 18, 2005, at 1758 hours.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) ON JUNE 18, 2005, AT 1806EDT, A SEAWIND 3000, N7117, REGISTERED TO THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ COLLIDED WITH A TWO STORY BUILDING IN SARASOTA, FLORIDA, WHILE ON A TEST FLIGHT OF HIS HOME BUILT AIRCRAFT. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME BUT THERE WAS NOT A FLIGHT PLAN ON FILE. THE AIRCRAFT WAS TOTALLY DESTROYED AND THE PILOT WAS KILLED AS A RESULT OF THE CRASH. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM SARASOTA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT ON JUNE 18, 2005, AT 1758 HOURS.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.

NTSB ATL05LA103Accident · 1 fatalLimited investigationFinal reportSarasota, FLMaintenance personnel failure to secure throttle linkage on the carburetor which resulted in loss of engine power and a collision with a building.Jun 18, 2005 · Substantial damage