# Accident 19960930030459A: Stolam RC3, Santa Fe, NM, September 30, 1996

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 30, 1996, 09:30 local time
- Place: Santa Fe, NM
- Airport: Santa Fe County Municipal Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.6171° N, 106.0894° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SANTA FE RGNL (SAF), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.6171&lon=-106.0894&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6103K, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6103K-2000-01-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Republic RC-3 (registry code 3080202, https://openairdocs.org/model/republic-rc-3) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: STOLAM RC3
- Reported engine: FRNKLN 4AC150A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 7,000 total, 29 in this make and model, 219 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW96LA404](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW96LA404) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960930030459A

## Narrative

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

NEAR GROSS. HIGH DENSITY ALTITUDE FAILED CLIMB. BELOW POWER CURVE. HIT TERRAIN TRYING FLY UNDER WIRES. UNDERPOWERED (-23) NO NARRATIVE.

## 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 FTW96LA404](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW96LA404), Sep 30, 1996: Republic RC-3 (N6103K), Santa Fe, NM, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to obtain/maintain airspeed resulting in an inadvertent stall/mush. Factors were the high density altitude and the lack of suitable terrain for the landing.

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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