# Incident 20020817022839I: Stolam RC3, Spokane, WA, August 17, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 17, 2002, 09:45 local time
- Place: Spokane, WA
- Airport: Felts Field Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 47.6829° N, 117.3224° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FELTS FLD (SFF), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.6829&lon=-117.3224&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6007K, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6007K) (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: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,200 total, 75 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020817022839I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON 08-17-2002 AT APPROXIMATELY 0945 LOCAL TIME, THE PILOT OF A SEABEE RC-3 N6007K MADE A GEAR-UP LANDING AT THE SPOKANE FELTS FIELD AIRPORT (SFF). THE PILOT REPORTED THAT DURING THE APPROACH TO THE AIRPORT HE HAD SELECTED GEAR-DOWN BUT WAS DISTRACTED BY ATC INSTRUCTIONS AND LOOKING OUT FOR OTHER AIRCRAFT AND NEVER PUMPED THE GEAR DOWN. THE PILOT ALSO REPORTED THAT THE TOWER NOTIFIED HIM TO GO AROUND DURING THE FLARE PHASE OF THE LANDING BUT HE WAS UNABLE TO INITIATE A GO-AROUND PRIOR TO CONTACTING THE GROUND. THE AIRCRAFT APPEARS TO HAVE NO DAMAGE OTHER THAN SKID 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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