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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Stolam RC-3 · Seattle, WA · August 20, 2004

Date
August 20, 2004 · 11:30 local
Place
Seattle, WA
Airport
Boeing Field-King County International
Phase of flight
Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N6124K
Reported as
Stolam RC3
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
50,000 total400 in this make and model150 in the last 90 days

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.

(-23) On 8-20-2004 at approximately 11:30 am at bfi the aircraft (N6124K) landed on runway 13L and rolled out about 100 ft and the pilot heard a loud pop under the floorboards. The r & l landing gear subsequently retracted and the aircraft made a belly landing on its keel. The aircraft suffered minimal damage.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) ON 8-20-2004 AT APPROXIMATELY 11:30 AM AT BFI THE AIRCRAFT (N6124K) LANDED ON RUNWAY 13L AND ROLLED OUT ABOUT 100 FT AND THE PILOT HEARD A LOUD POP UNDER THE FLOORBOARDS. THE R & L LANDING GEAR SUBSEQUENTLY RETRACTED AND THE AIRCRAFT MADE A BELLY LANDING ON ITS KEEL. THE AIRCRAFT SUFFERED MINIMAL DAMAGE.