# Accident 20050828020419A: Amtr SEAWIND3000, Wrightsvillebea, NC, August 28, 2005

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 28, 2005, 02:15 local time
- Place: Wrightsvillebea, NC
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.2547° N, 77.7386° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.2547&lon=-77.7386&mi=10
- Aircraft: N88PS, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N88PS-2017-05-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Samson Patrick SEAWIND 3000 (registry code 05604SQ, https://openairdocs.org/model/samson-patrick-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: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 5,000 total, 130 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL05LA154](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL05LA154) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050828020419A

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRCRAFT HAD DEPARTED WILMINGTON AIRPORT AT APPROXIMATELY 0200 HRS., FOR A PLEASURE TRIP AROUND THE WRIGHTSVILLE BEACH, NC AREA. ACCORDING TO WITNESSES THE AIRCRAFT WAS LAST SEEN FLYING LOW AS IT CROSSED THE BEACH AND OUT OVER THE OCEAN. SHORTLY AFTER CROSSING THE BEACH, THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN TO MAKE A RIGHT TURN, THEN DURING THE TURN, THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN TO DESCEND RAPIDLY AND IMPACT THE WATER. IT WAS ESTIMATED THAT THE AIRCRAFT WAS APPROXIMATELY 1 MILE OFF SHORE WHEN IT IMPACTED THE WATER.

## 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 ATL05LA154](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL05LA154), Aug 28, 2005: Samson Seawind 3000 (N88PS), Wrightsville Bh, NC, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's improper preflight decision to attempt night VFR flight into IMC, which resulted in an inflight encounter with weather and the pilot's subsequent loss of control of the airplane due to…

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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