# Accident 19730617018809A: Stolam RC3, Key Largo, FL, June 17, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 17, 1973
- Place: Key Largo, FL
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Location: 25.1226° N, 80.4116° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Key Largo, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=25.1226&lon=-80.4116&mi=10
- Aircraft: N75896 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: STOLAM RC3
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 290 total, 128 in this make and model, 11 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA73DKU09](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA73DKU09) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730617018809A

## Narrative

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

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

## 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 MIA73DKU09](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA73DKU09), Jun 17, 1973: Republic R3C (N75896), Key Largo, FL, substantial damage

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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