# Accident 19760925033689A: Stolam RC3, Danville, KY, September 25, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 25, 1976
- Place: Danville, KY
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Location: 37.6393° N, 84.7760° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Danville, KY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.6393&lon=-84.7760&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6468K, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6468K-1976-12-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Republic RC-3 (registry code 3080202, https://openairdocs.org/model/republic-rc-3) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: STOLAM RC3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 359 total, 44 in this make and model, 1 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD76AI101](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD76AI101) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760925033689A

## Narrative

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

PLT RPTD SMOKE IN CABIN HEAT WAVE BLEW DOOR OPENFUSELAGE-FIRE OF UNDETERMINED ORIGIN

## 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 IAD76AI101](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD76AI101), Sep 25, 1976: Republic RC-3 (N6468K), Danville, KY, destroyed

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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