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Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Stolam RC-3 · Ketchikan, AK · May 24, 1996

Date
May 24, 1996 · 18:00 local
Place
Ketchikan, AK
Phase of flight
Unknown/Not Reported
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N99FJ
NTSB investigation
NTSBANC96FA079
Reported as
Stolam RC3
Reported engine
Lycoming GO480*
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
2
Pilot’s flight hours
191 total141 in this make and model

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.

Aircraft parked on shore water rose over tail. Pumped out water prior flight. Crashed in lake. Known to leak water.

As the FAA filed it

AIRCRAFT PARKED ON SHORE WATER ROSE OVER TAIL. PUMPED OUT WATER PRIOR FLIGHT. CRASHED IN LAKE. KNOWN TO LEAK WATER.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.