19921205052419I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Stolam RC-3 · Boulder City, NV · December 5, 1992

Date: December 5, 1992 · 12:15 local
Place: Boulder City, NV
Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N6523K
Reported as: Stolam RC3
People aboard: 3
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 600 total80 in this make and model65 in the last 90 days

N6523KRegistered now · Republic RC-3S/N 789 Airframe modelRepublic RC-3 Engine modelFranklin 6A8 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

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

Pilot inadvertantly lowered landing gear instead of flaps on a water landing. Gear caused aircraft to flip over.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT INADVERTANTLY LOWERED LANDING GEAR INSTEAD OF FLAPS ON A WATER LANDING. GEAR CAUSED AIRCRAFT TO FLIP OVER.

Other reports on N6523K · 3

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

Incident 19950926037489ILevel Off Touchdown · St Paul, MNMain gear collapsed landing when brakes were applied. Gear springs stretched due heat stress. Lock not over center.Sep 26, 1995 · Minor damage Incident 19950911034799IRoll-Out (Fixed Wing) · Oceanside, CAMain gear rotated aft on amphibious RC3. Slid on keel to a stop. Main gear bell crank to hydro actuator failed.Sep 11, 1995 · Minor damage Incident 19881118066189IRoll-Out (Fixed Wing) · Sturgeon Bay, WILanding gear retracted on landing rollout. Found the rod end of landing gear retract cylinder had failed.Nov 18, 1988 · Minor damage