# Accident 20230915018489A: Anthony L Jurcan SEAWIND 3000, Lake Sammamish, WA, September 15, 2023

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 15, 2023, 10:58 local time
- Place: Lake Sammamish, WA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Departure Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 47.6025° N, 122.0980° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.6025&lon=-122.0980&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: 1
- Other injuries: 1
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR23FA344](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR23FA344) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20230915018489A

## Narrative

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

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 ANOTHER THEN ANOTHER, THIS TIME GOING UP 40 OR SO FEET, THEN NOSES OVER, COMING ALMOST STRAIGHT DOWN INTO WATER AND TIPPING OVER ONTO BACK, BOTH PERSONS ARE RESCUED FROM AIRCRAFT, BROUGHT TO SHORE, PILOT IS FATAL, PAX IS TAKEN TO HOSPITAL IN SERIOUS/CRITICAL. AIRCRAFT IS TOWED TO EAST SHORE BOAT RAMP. AIRCRAFT WAS REMOVED FROM WATER NEXT DAY, EXAMINED, NOTHING NOTED, ENGINE WAS EXAMINED BY NTSB AND ENGINE MANUFACTURER ON SUNDAY, NOT ISSUES NOTED.

## 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 WPR23FA344](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR23FA344), Sep 15, 2023: Seawind 3000 (N57TJ), Bellevue, WA, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot’s loss of airplane control after encountering a lake swell and skipping during takeoff.

## Other reports on N57TJ (1)

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

- [Accident 20160918019029A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160918019029A), Sep 18, 2016: Anthony L Jurcan SEAWIND 3000 (N57TJ), Renton, WA, Substantial damage. On September 18, 2016, at 1300 PST, N57TJ, a seawind 3000 amphibious experimental amateur-built aircraft executed an emergency landing at Renton Municipal…

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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