- Date
- June 8, 2000, 10:45 local (14:45 UTC)
- Place
- Speculator, NY
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N60CBRepublic RC3
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 4, 2000
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 20000608033899I
- Case key
- 49463
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Probable cause
The pilot inadvertently lowering the landing gear of the amphibian airplane for a water landing.
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 inadvertently lowered the landing gear of the amphibian airplane while on approach for a water landing. The airplane touched down, and nosed over.
Factual narrative
On June 8, 2000, at 1045 Eastern Daylight Time, an amphibian Republic RC3, N60CB, was substantially damage during a water landing on Lake Pleasant, Speculator, New York. The certificated private pilot was not injured. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed for the personal flight that originated from Monticello, New York. No flight plan was filed, and the flight was conducted under 14 CFR Part 91.
According to the pilot, he inadvertently lowered the landing gear while on approach for a water landing. The airplane touched down, and nosed over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N60CB
- Reported as
- Republic RC3
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 663
- Airframe hours
- 2,010
- Engine
- Franklin 500, 215 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Robert Stein
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 28, 2000 · 4 hours before
- Departed
- MSV · Monticello, NY
- Destination
- NONE
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
- 76
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,670 total · 165 in this make and model · 1,610 as pilot in command · 4 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 90° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 64 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.