# Accident 20001012042989A: Stolam RC3, Baraboo, WI, October 12, 2000

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 12, 2000, 08:20 local time
- Place: Baraboo, WI
- Airport: Bababoo Wisconsin Dells Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.4605° N, 89.7392° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.4605&lon=-89.7392&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6175K, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6175K) (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 6A8215B8F
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,300 total, 5 in this make and model, 200 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI01LA013](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI01LA013) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20001012042989A

## Narrative

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

(-23) RC-3-3 A SEABEE, N6175K SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE RIGHT WING SPONSON AND WING SPAR AND LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR AS A RESULT OF A FORCED LANDING AFTER DEPARTING THE BARABOO-WISCONSIN DELLS AIRPORT (DLL), BARABOO, WISCONSIN ON OCTOBER 12, 2000. THE PILOT IN COMMAND AND SECOND PILOT ON BOARD THE AIRCRAFT WERE NOT INJURED. THE AIRCRAFT, WHICH HAD BEEN RECENTLY PURCHASED BY THE SECOND PILOT, WILLIAM LAW, WAS BEING OPERATED UNDER A SPECIAL FLIGHT AUTHORIZATION FOR THE PURPOSE OF MAINTENANCE. THE FERRY FLIGHT HAD ORIGINATED IN SOUTH DAKOTA. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED IN BARABOO BECAUSE OF A ROUGH RUNNING ENGINE. MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL AT BARABOO REPLACED A MAGNETO. A GROUND CHECK OF THE ENGINE AFTER THE MAGNETO REPLACEMENT WAS NORMAL. MR. BENNETT TAYLOR, THE PILOT-IN-COMMAND REPORTED THAT AFTER A NORMAL TAKEOFF ON RUNWAY 19, AT AN ALTITUDE OF 250 TO 400 FEET, THE AIRSPEED AND RATE OF CLIMB BEGAN TO DECAY. HE STATED HE REDUCED THE PITCH ATTITUDE AND VERIFIED THAT THE POWER, PROPELLER, MIXTURE AND CARBURETOR HEAT WERE FULL FORWARD. MR. TAYLOR REPORTED THERE WAS NO CHANGE IN THE SOUND OF THE ENGINE. HE STATED THE AIRSPEED CONTINUED TO DECAY, AND THERE WAS INSUFFICIENT ALTITUDE TO TURN BACK TO THE RUNWAY SO HE MANEUVERED THE AIRCRAFT TO LAND IN A CORN FIELD. INSPECTOR CHARLES EBERT OF THE MILWAUKEE, FSDO INSPECTED THE AIRCRAFT AFTER IT HAD BEEN MOVED BACK TO THE BARABOO AIRPORT. HE REPORTED THAT THE NUMBER 5 CYLINDER INTAKE VALVE SPRING HAD BROKEN.

## 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 CHI01LA013](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI01LA013), Oct 12, 2000: Republic RC-3 (N6175K), Baraboo, WI, substantial damage. Probable cause: the failure of the number five intake valve spring during initial climbout and that there was no suitable terrain during the forced landing. A factor was the corn crop.

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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