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N87505
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AIRCRAFT DATA |
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| Manufacturer: | Republic Aviation Corporation; Farmingdale, Long Island, New York, USA. | |
| Model: | RC-3 Seabee | |
| Type Certificate No: | A-769 | |
| Serial Number: | 57 | |
| Manufacturing Date: | 1946-09-?? | |
| Engine: | Franklin 6A8-215-B8F (215 HP at 2500 RPM) | |
| Remarks: | Mode S codes: 53005537 / AC0B5F | |
| Reg. No. | Date | Remarks |
| NC87504 N87504 |
1946-09-?? | Manufacturing Date. |
| 1946-09-16 | Test flight. | |
| 1946-09-22 | Officially delivered from Republic Aviation Corporation to Oscar L. Hostetter; Thomasville, Pennsylvania, USA. | |
| 1956-09-02 | A/W Date. | |
| (N679JR) |
????-??-?? | Listed in Richard W. Sanders list, but unconfirmed by any other sources. |
| NC87504 N87504 |
????-??-?? | Re-registered with original registration number. |
| 1975-11-16 | A/C departed from Gainesville, Georgia, for a ferry flight to Charlotte, North Carolina. During flight a push rod, P/N 1219, in elevator control system disconnected from the control column lower quadrant, P/N 1223. A/C made an uncontrolled decent into a lake in Gastonia, North Carolina. The 56 year old pilot (25000 hrs), was fatally injured and the aircraft reported as "destroyed". [NTSB Identification: IAD76AI034]. | |
| 1977-03-17 | C
of R issued to: Donald J. Anklin; Route 4 Box 279, Mooresville, North Carolina 28219, USA. |
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| 2013-03-11 | Cancelled from FAA Registry. | |
| Sources: | RAC
Seabee Delivery List. FAA Registry. Barry Collman. |
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