# Accident 20160918019029A: Anthony L Jurcan SEAWIND 3000, Renton, WA, September 18, 2016

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 18, 2016, 13:00 local time
- Place: Renton, WA
- Airport: Renton Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 47.4892° N, 122.2094° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.4892&lon=-122.2094&mi=10
- Aircraft: N57TJ, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N57TJ-2024-03-25) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Anthony L Jurcan SEAWIND 3000 (registry code 05631LV, https://openairdocs.org/model/anthony-l-jurcan-seawind-3000) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: ANTHONY L JURCAN SEAWIND 3000
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR16LA187](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR16LA187) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160918019029A

## Narrative

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

ON SEPTEMBER 18, 2016, AT 1300 PST, N57TJ, A SEAWIND 3000 AMPHIBIOUS EXPERIMENTAL AMATEUR-BUILT AIRCRAFT EXECUTED AN EMERGENCY LANDING AT RENTON MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (RNT) DUE TO LOSS OF HYDRAULIC PRESSURE. ACCORDING TO INFORMATION OBTAINED FROM THE TOWER CONTROL, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^PILOT CALLED RNT TOWER APPROXIMATELY 9 MILES NORTH OF THE AIRPORT REQUESTING TO ENTER THE PATTERN FOR VERIFICATION OF ITS LANDING GEAR CONFIGURATION. RENTON TOWER CONFIRMED THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR WAS DOWN AND LEFT AND NOSE GEAR WAS UP. PILOT INDICATED THAT HE PERFORMED A PRE-LANDING CHECK AND NOTICED THAT THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR INDICATOR LIGHT WAS OUT AND THE HYDRAULIC PRESSURE IS READING ZERO. PILOT ATTEMPTED TO RETRACT THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR TO CREATE AN OPTION FOR WATER LANDING BUT COULD NOT GET THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR TO RETRACT. PILOT STATED THAT HE ORBITED EAST OF THE AIRPORT AND MADE AN ATTEMPT TO USE THE BACK-UP MANUAL HYDRAULIC PUMP AND PERFORMED ABRUPT MANEUVERS HOPING TO EXTEND THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR BUT WITHOUT SUCCESS. AFTER EXHAUSTING ALL OPTIONS, PILOT REQUESTED TO LAND ON RUNWAY 16. AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN APPROXIMATELY 1/3 OF THE RUNWAY WITH ONLY THE RIGHT GEAR AND NO FLAPS AT AN ESTIMATED GROUND SPEED OF 90 MPH, MAINTAINED AIRCRAFT ON THE PAVEMENT UNTIL AROUND 70 MPH WHEN THE LEFT WING TIP CONTACTED THE GROUND WHCIH CAUSED THE AIRCRAFT TO SLID TO THE LEFT AND EXITED THE RUNWAY SURFACE AT THE 2000 FT REMAINING MARKER COLLIDING WITH THE TAXIWAY IDENTIFIER SIGN, AND SPUN AROUND 180 DEGREES, AND CAME TO REST JUST NORTH OF THE TAXIWAY BRAVO. THE TWO OCCUPANTS EXITED THE AIRCRAFT WITHOUT ASSISTANCE AND RECEIVED NO SERIOUS INJURIES. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE.

## 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 WPR16LA187](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR16LA187), Sep 18, 2016: Jurcan Seawind 3000 (N57TJ), Renton, WA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The failure of the landing gear system to either fully retract or extend due to a cracked hydraulic fitting flare, which resulted in the loss of hydraulic pressure.

## Other reports on N57TJ (1)

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

- [Accident 20230915018489A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20230915018489A), Sep 15, 2023: Anthony L Jurcan SEAWIND 3000 (N57TJ), Lake Sammamish, WA, Substantial damage, 1 fatal. Aircraft with 1 pax on board is seen running north on Lake Sammamish proceeding to takeoff, aircraft appears to hit a small wake and goes up a bit, then…

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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