19730617018809A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Stolam RC3 · Key Largo, FL · June 17, 1973

Date
June 17, 1973
Place
Key Largo, FL
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N75896
NTSB investigation
NTSBMIA73DKU09
Reported as
Stolam RC3
People aboard
4
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
290 total128 in this make and model11 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Rivets popped in fuselage hull. Plt atmtd tkof but aborted due lack of speed,acft sank.

As the FAA filed it

RIVETS POPPED IN FUSELAGE HULL.PLT ATMTD TKOF BUT ABORTED DUE LACK OF SPEED,ACFT SANK.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.