# NTSB CHI86LA203: Republic RC-3, N113G, Keego Harbor, MI, August 20, 1986

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: August 20, 1986, 08:45 local (12:45 UTC)
- Place: Keego Harbor, MI
- Coordinates: 42.459854, -83.279716 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.4599&lon=-83.2797&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 1 minor
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 13507
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI86LA203
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/13507/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI86LA203

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Nose over, landing - flare/touchdown
  - gear extension - inadvertent, pilot in command (cause)
  - wheels down landing in water - inadvertent, pilot in command (cause)

## Analysis

ACCORDING TO THE PILOT, AS HE WAS PREPARING TO LAND ON A LAKE AND WAS AT AN ALTITUDE OF APPROXIMATELY 100 FEET, HE NOTICED THAT HE DID NOT HAVE FULL FLAPS DOWN. HE THEN REACHED DOWN, AND BY ERROR, LOWERED THE LANDING GEAR INSTEAD OF THE FLAPS. DURING TOUCHDOWN, THE AIRCRAFT IMMEDIATELY FLIPPED OVER, SUSTAINING SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE WINGS AND HULL.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N113G](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N113G-2012-10-11), registration cancelled 2012-10-11, S/N 506, built 1947 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: REPUBLIC RC-3
- Registry model: [Republic RC-3](https://openairdocs.org/model/republic-rc-3) (registry code 3080202) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming GO-480 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-go-480-series) (registry code 41527, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: L-1188-34
- Airframe hours: 1719
- Engines: LYCOMING GO-490-G2D6 295 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Joseph F. Slavik
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, July 30, 1986
- Departed: PTK, PONTIAC, MI

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 69; commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine sea, multi-engine land, single-engine sea; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 4,775 total, 350 in this make and model, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 40° at 6 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 70 °F

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19860820075439A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860820075439A), Aug 20, 1986: Stolam RC3, Keego Harbor, MI, Substantial damage. The pilot inadvertently lowered the gear instead of the flaps for a water landing. The seaplane flipped on touchdow

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.

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