- Date
- October 4, 1987, 15:00 local (22:00 UTC)
- Place
- Clearlake, CA
- Injuries
- 2 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N87583Republic RC-3
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 27, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19871004060349A
- Case key
- 25878
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Gear not retracted
Wheels down landing in water - inadvertentCause
Gear retraction - not performedCause
Checklist - not followedCause
Nose over
Analysis
The aircraft nosed over when the pilot made a water landing with the wheels extended. The pilot failed to use the landing checklist.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N87583
- Reported as
- Republic RC-3
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 151
- Engine
- Lycoming GISO-480, 340 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Donald E. Wallace
- Registered owner
- William F Floten
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- 102 · Lakeport, CA
N87583Registered now · Republic RC-3Airframe modelRepublic RC-3Engine modelLycoming GSO&IGSO-480 series
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Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 63
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land, Multi-engine sea, Single-engine sea
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 25,000 total · 1,000 in this make and model · 17,000 as pilot in command · 12 in the last 90 days · 8 in the last 30 days · 6 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 25 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 99 °F, dew point 52 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- UKI, 18 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N87583 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.