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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Stolam RC-3 · Sanford, ME · May 19, 1991

Date: May 19, 1991 · 13:15 local
Place: Sanford, ME
Airport: Sanford Municipal
Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N6265K
Reported as: Stolam RC3
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 850 total80 in this make and model10 in the last 90 days

N6265KRegistration cancelled Dec 22, 2021 · Republic RC-3S/N 475 Airframe modelRepublic RC-3 Engine modelFranklin 6A8 seriesReciprocating

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.

Unable to get gear locked. Elected to land gear up on grass at airport. Landing gear retract cylinder had failed.

As the FAA filed it

UNABLE TO GET GEAR LOCKED. ELECTED TO LAND GEAR UP ON GRASS AT AIRPORT. LANDING GEAR RETRACT CYLINDER HAD FAILED.