# Incident 19960319009999I: Stolam RC3, San Andreas, CA, March 19, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 19, 1996, 10:30 local time
- Place: San Andreas, CA
- Airport: Calaveras Co-Maury Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.1927° N, 120.6732° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of San Andreas, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.1927&lon=-120.6732&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6496K, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6496K-2012-06-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Republic RC-3 (registry code 3080202, https://openairdocs.org/model/republic-rc-3) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Franklin 6A8 series (registry code 27030, https://openairdocs.org/engine/franklin-6a8-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: STOLAM RC3
- Reported engine: FRNKLN 6A8215B9F
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,700 total, 400 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960319009999I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: 1. AIRCRAFT WAS ON PERSONAL FLIGHT TO WASHINGTON STATE. 2. ENGINE FAILED ON TAKE OFF, FORWARD RIGHT CONNECTING ROD BROKE LOOSE AT ROD BOLTS, CONNECTING ROD WENT THROUGH ENGINE CASE. 3. PILOT MADE A GEAR UP LANDING IN FIELD OFF END OF RUNWAY, PILOT STATED THAT HE LOST POWER COMPLETELY AND JUST LANDED STRAIGHT AHEAD. 4. DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT WAS LEFT WING PONTOON WAS BROKEN OFF FROM WING, BELLY OF AIRCRAFT HAD THE SKIN DENTED IN WHERE IT MADE CONTACT WITH THE GROUND, TAIL WHEEL AREA HAD SLIGHT SKIN DENTS AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SOME SKIN DAMAGE WHEN IT WAS DISASSEMBLED AND REMOVED FROM FIELD. 5. THE ENGINE ON THIS AIRCRAFT HAD ONLY 30.0 HOURS SMOH. 6. NO NEMAC. 7. NO PILOT DEVIATIONS.

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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