# Incident 20051203029559I: Amtr SEAWIND3000, Carolina, NC, December 3, 2005

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 3, 2005, 17:27 local time
- Place: Carolina, NC
- Airport: Pilots Ridge Airport
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.1043° N, 77.9042° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PILOTS RIDGE (03NC), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.1043&lon=-77.9042&mi=10
- Aircraft: N666AC, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N666AC-2012-09-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Culver Arthur L SEAWIND 3000 (registry code 05628WN, https://openairdocs.org/model/culver-arthur-l-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
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 850 total, 250 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20051203029559I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT EXITED RUNWAY AND ATTEMPTED TO CLEAR LANDING AREA TO ALLOW SECOND AIRCRAFT ON FINAL APPROACH UNOBSTRUCTED LANDING AREA AT PRIVATE AIRSTRIP. PILOT OF THE SEAWIND INADVERTENTLY TAXIED AIRCRAFT INTO SOFT SAND AND BECAME STUCK AND WAS UNABLE TO TAXI CLEAR OF RUNWAY. NO DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT AND NO INJURY TO PILOT.

## Other reports on N666AC (1)

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

- [Accident 20070411005189A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070411005189A), Apr 11, 2007: Amtr SEAWIND3000 (N666AC), Yanceyville, NC, Destroyed, 1 fatal. (-23) Non instrument rated pilot filed an instrument flight plan and flew into IMC conditions. Accident happened as he was intercepting the final approach…

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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