# Accident 20050618016129A: Amtr SEAWIND3000, Sarasota-Brade, FL, June 18, 2005

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 18, 2005, 18:06 local time
- Place: Sarasota-Brade, FL
- Airport: Sarasota-Bradenton International Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 27.3997° N, 82.5572° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.3997&lon=-82.5572&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7117, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7117-2008-02-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Frost Wilfred Rutherford SR SEAWIND 3000 (registry code 05619BP, https://openairdocs.org/model/frost-wilfred-rutherford-sr-seawind-3000) (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
- Reported engine: LYC IO540*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 4,750 total, 2 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL05LA103](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL05LA103) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050618016129A

## Narrative

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

(-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.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB ATL05LA103](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL05LA103), Jun 18, 2005: Rutherford Seawind 3000 (N7117), Sarasota, FL, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: Maintenance personnel failure to secure throttle linkage on the carburetor which resulted in loss of engine power and a collision with a building.

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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