# Incident 20020728037179I: Stolam RC3, La Belle, FL, July 28, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 28, 2002, 15:00 local time
- Place: La Belle, FL
- Airport: La Belle Municipal Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 26.7406° N, 81.4283° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LA BELLE MUNI (X14), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.7406&lon=-81.4283&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6388K, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6388K-2017-07-12) (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
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,000 total, 3 in this make and model, 1 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020728037179I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT IN COMMAND STATED IT WAS NORMAL APPROACH AND LANDING WITH GEAR INDICATING DOWN AND LOCKED. UPON TOUCHDOWN MAIN GEAR COLLAPSED SETTLING ON KEEL. INVESTIGATION REVEALED THE "H" FITTING ON THE LANDING GEAR RETRACT LINKAGE FAILED ALLOWING THE GEAR TO COLLAPSE CAUSING SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE KEEL.

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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