# Accident 19820712027249A: Stolam RC3, Saginaw, MI, July 12, 1982

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 12, 1982, 15:29 local time
- Place: Saginaw, MI
- Airport: Harry Browne
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.4177° N, 83.9547° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Saginaw, MI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.4177&lon=-83.9547&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6444K, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6444K-1995-08-16) (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: 2,018 total, 43 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI82DA246](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI82DA246) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820712027249A

## Narrative

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

RAN OUT OF FUEL 2 MILES SHORT OF FUELING STOP. LANDED WHEELS UP IN A MUDDY FIELD. NOSE DUG IN, AIRPLANE INVERTED.

## 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 CHI82DA246](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI82DA246), Jul 12, 1982: Republic RC-3 (N6444K), Saginaw, MI, substantial damage

## Other reports on N6444K (1)

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

- [Incident 19790712020489I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790712020489I), Jul 12, 1979: Stolam RC3 (N6444K), Litchfield, NH. Made precautionary landing due to low fuel.

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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