- Date
- March 9, 1985, 18:15 local (23:15 UTC)
- Place
- Lake Placid, FL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N6294KRepublic RC-3
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850309008149A
- Case key
- 31365
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The plt heard a loud noise & noticed that a fire had immediately started in the eng compartment. He made an emergency landing on a nearby lake; however, the amphibious acft continued burning & was destroyed. An investigation revealed that the fire had started after a connecting rod bolt had failed & the rod went thru the eng case.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6294K
- Reported as
- Republic RC-3
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 507
- Engine
- Franklin B9F, 215 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- Both
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Stevens Vintage, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- 8X5 · Lake Placid, FL
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 62
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine sea, Single-engine land, Multi-engine land, Single-engine sea
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Expired
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 8,300 total · 3,000 in this make and model · 45 in the last 90 days · 15 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 290° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 75 °F, dew point 61 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- FMY, 51 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 N6294K · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.