- Date
- October 6, 1988, 13:55 local (17:55 UTC)
- Place
- Miami, FL
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3263GRepublic RC-3
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 3, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19881006044739A
- Case key
- 32341
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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.
Analysis
The pilot stated that he was having problems with the elevator trim and elected to land the amphibious acft in the bay. He acknowledged and witnesses observed him lower the landing gear prior to attempting to land on the water. The aircraft flipped inverted upon touchdown.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3263G
- Reported as
- Republic RC-3
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 631
- Airframe hours
- 1,777
- Engine
- Lycoming GO-480, 270 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Robert E. Carswell
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · November 11, 1987 · 144 hours before
- Departed
- TMB · Tamiami, 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
- 45
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine sea, Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 3,000 total · 175 in this make and model · 2,900 as pilot in command · 75 in the last 90 days · 20 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 100° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 7,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 84 °F, dew point 73 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- TMB, 12 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.