- Date
- June 17, 1973
- Place
- Key Largo, FL · KEY LARGO, FL
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N75896Republic R3C
- Status
- Completed · report August 7, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730617018809A
- Case key
- 190051
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2014 73/6/17 KEY LARGO,FLA REPUBLIC R3C CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 61, 290 TIME - 1500 N75896 PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 128 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MIAMI,FLA KEY LARGO,FLA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE REMARKS- RIVETS POPPED IN FUSELAGE HULL.PLT ATMTD TKOF BUT ABORTED DUE LACK OF SPEED,ACFT SANK.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N75896
- Reported as
- Republic R3C
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.