REPUBLIC RC-3 SEABEE # 85

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AIRCRAFT DATA

Manufacturer: Republic Aviation Corporation; Farmingdale, Long Island, New York, USA.
Model: RC-3 Seabee
Type Certificate No: A-769
Serial Number: 85
Manufacturing Date: 1946-09-??
Engine: Franklin 6A8-215-B8F (215 HP at 2500 RPM)
S/N: 23078
Remarks:  
 
Reg. No. Date Remarks
NC87527
N87527
1946-09-?? Manufacturing Date.
1946-09-24 Weight and Balance data: Weight Empty - Actual: 2189.0 lbs.
1946-10-01 Statement of Conformity, CAA Form ACA 317, issued by Republic Aviation Corporation ... 85 has been manufactured in conformity with the data forming the basis for Type Certificate No. 769 Tentative...
[Signed M. E. Barzelay, Design Engineer].
1946-10-?? Test flight.
1946-10-07 Application for Registration of Aircraft, CAA Form ACA-501:
Applicant: Edward Prosperi; Prosperi Airport, Tinley Park, Illinois.
1946-10-09 Bill of Sale, CAA Form ACA-502:
Purchaser: Edward Prosperi; Prosperi Airport, Tinley Park, Illinois.
Seller: Republic Aviation Corporation; Farmingdale, New York; M. G. Veckman, Asst. Treasurer.
1946-10-09 Application for Airworthiness Certificate, CAA Form ACA-305:
Applicant: Edward Prosperi; Prosperi Airport, Tinley Park, Illinois.
1946-10-09 Aircraft Airworthiness Certificate No. 87527, CAA Form ACA 308-A, issued.
1946-10-09 Aircraft Registration Certificate No. 87527, CAA Form ACA 500-A, issued to:
Edward Prosperi; Prosperi Airport, Tinley Park, Illinois.
1946-10-11 Officially delivered from Republic Aviation Corporation to Turgeon Flying Service, Inc.; Northbrook, Illinois.
1946-11-07 Certificate of Ownership, CAA Form ACA-1160, issued:
Owner: Edward Prosperi; Prosperi Airport, Tinley Park, Illinois.
1947-05-02 Repair and Alteration Form, CAA Form ACA-337:
Owner: Edward Prosperi; Prosperi Airport, Tinley Park, Illinois.
Agency: Will County Airport, Government Approved Repair Station # 1346.
Description of work accomplished:

Replaced wing float strut fittings on right wing. Replaced right wing tip and wing tip rib. Replaced aileron hinge brackets on right wing. Replaced right wing float strut. Installed new aileron right side. Patched upper skin at wing tip trailing edge on right wing. All replacement parts purchased from Republic Aviation Corp.

1947-05-28 Bill of Sale, CAA Form ACA-500 Part C:
Purchaser: Gilbert C. Green; 624 North Third Avenue, Wausau, Wisconsin.
Seller: Edward Prosperi; Owner.
1947-05-28 Application for Registration, CAA Form ACA-500 Part B:
Applicant: Gilbert C. Green; 624 North Third Avenue, Wausau, Wisconsin.
1947-06-06 Registration Certificate, CAA Form ACA-500 Part A, issued to:
Gilbert C. Green; 624 North Third Avenue, Wausau, Wisconsin.
1948-06-09 Annual Inspection.
1949-06-30 Annual Inspection. Agent: Gerald C. Gille.
1950-05-29 Bill of Sale, CAA Form ACA-500 Part C:
Purchaser: Antigo Aviation Inc.; Antigo, Wisconsin.
Seller: Gilbert C. Green; Owner.
1950-06-01 Application for Registration, CAA Form ACA-500 Part B:
Applicant: Antigo Aviation Inc.; Antigo, Wisconsin.
1950-06-10 Annual Inspection. Agent: L. J. Arsenault.
1950-06-14 Certificate of Registration, CAA Form ACA-500 Part A, issued to:
Antigo Aviation Inc.; Antigo, Wisconsin.
1950-07-15 Bill of Sale, CAA Form ACA- 500 Part C:
Purchaser: Doane Chevrolet Co.; 10 E. Main Street, Dundee, Illinois.
Seller: Antigo Aviation, Inc.; Frederick McHaag, Vice President.
1950-07-17 Application for Registration, CAA Form ACA-500 Part B:
Applicant: Doane Chevrolet Co.; 10 E. Main Street, Dundee, Illinois.
1950-07-28 Certificate of Registration, CAA Form ACA-500 Part A, issued to:
Doane Chevrolet Co.; 10 E. Main Street, Dundee, Illinois.
1950-11-30 Repair and Alteration Form, CAA Form ACA-337:
Owner: Doane Chevrolet Co.; 10 E. Main Street, Dundee, Illinois.
Agency: Jack Kelsey; 6779 Olmsted Ave., Chicago, Illinois.

Installed additional instruments and redesign instrument panel. Install Southwind heater as per Republic Aviation blueprints and instructions. Install electric primer and pump and misc accessories. Revised weight and balance and new equipment list attached. New empty weight 2212.25 lbs.

1951-08-11 Annual Inspection. Agent: Harold R. Magee.
1951-08-11 Airworthiness Certificate, CAA Form ACA-1362, issued to expire Aug 11, 1952.
1951-08-19 Bill of Sale, CAA Form ACA- 500 Part C:
Purchaser: Lilee Products, Inc.; Hazelhurst, Wisconsin.
Seller: Doane Chevrolet Co.; Richard D. Doane, Owner.
1951-08-25 Application for Registration, CAA Form ACA-500 Part B:
Applicant: Lilee Products, Inc.; Hazelhurst, Wisconsin.
1951-09-05 Certificate of Registration, CAA Form ACA-500 Part A, issued to:
Lilee Products, Inc.; Hazelhurst, Wisconsin.
1952-05-27 Annual Inspection. Agent: Harold R. Magee.
Airframe total hours: 475:10
Engine S/N 23078 total hours: 475:10
1952-05-27 Airworthiness Certificate, CAA Form ACA-1362, issued to expire May 27, 1953.
1952-06-23 Repair and Alteration Form, CAA Form ACA-337:
Owner: Lilee Products, Inc.; Hazelhurst, Wisconsin.
Agency: Erving T. Woodhams; R.R. #6, Kalamzoo, Michigan.

Removed Landing Gear and Tail Wheel Assy. with Actuating Mechanism.
New Empty Weight 2009 lbs.

1953-08-15 Annual Inspection. Agent: Erving T. Woodhams.
Airframe total hours: 568
Engine S/N 23078 total hours: 568
1953-08-15 Airworthiness Certificate, CAA Form ACA-1362, issued to expire 8/15/54.
1954-06-21 Bill of Sale, CAA Form ACA-500 Part C:
Purchaser: Robert L. Tygh; 1618 Forth St., Jackson, Michigan.
Seller: Lilee Products, Inc.
1954-06-26 Application for Registration, CAA Form ACA-500 Part B:
Applicant: Robert L. Tygh; 1618 Forth St., Jackson, Michigan.
1954-06-26 Annual Inspection. Agent: Robert L. Tygh.
Airframe total hours: 568
Engine 6A8-215-B8F total hours: 472
1954-06-26 Airworthiness Certificate, CAA Form ACA-1362, issued to expire 6/26/55.
1954-07-09 Certificate of Registration, CAA Form ACA-500 Part A, issued to:
Robert L. Tygh; 1618 Forth St., Jackson, Michigan.
1955-05-17 Annual Inspection. Agent: Robert L. Tygh.
Airframe total hours: 599:30
Engine S/N 23078 total hours: 599:30
1955-05-17 Airworthiness Certificate, CAA Form ACA-1362, issued to expire 5/17/56.
1956-06-08 Annual Inspection. Agent: Robert L. Tygh.
Airframe total hours: 637
Engine S/N 23078 total hours: 637
1956-06-08 Airworthiness Certificate, CAA Form ACA-1362, issued to expire 6/8/57.
1957-04-09 Bill of Sale, CAA Form ACA-500 (Part C):
Purchaser: Precision Automatic Co.; 3215 Gregory Road, Jackson, Michigan.
Seller: Robert L. Tygh.
1957-04-09 Application for Registration, CAA Form ACA-500 (Part B):
Applicant: Precision Automatic Co.; 3215 Gregory Road, Jackson, Michigan.
1957-04-29 Austin Lake Airport, 10 miles south of Kalamazoo, Michigan: Aircraft crashed when it failed to gain altitude after take off from short runway and clipped some trees at end of airport. Pilot/owner Dalton Conlon was critically injured (survived), and passengers Arthurs Jones and Russell Baugh were seriously injured.

Three Injured In Air Crash At Kalamazoo

     KALAMAZOO, Mich. (UP) - Dalton Conlon, 41, president of Precision Automatic Co., Jackson, was critically injured and two other men were also injured Monday when a light plane crashed on takeoff at Austin Lake airport 10 miles south of here.
     The injured men were taken to Bronson Hospital. The other two were Arthur Jones, 40, Munith, near Jackson, and Russell Baugh, 25, Jackson.
     They went to the airport to take delivery of a plane they purchased from Irving Woodhams, owner and manager of the airport. It was a four-place Seabee amphibian single-engine plane.
     Jones was flying the plane, which failed to gain altitude to clear trees at the end of a short runway. The plane clipped the tops of two trees, fell and overturned on the ground. The engine burst into flames, but Woodhams, his wife and son pulled Jones and Baugh from the wreckage as Conlon crawled out, then collapsed.

[Marshall Evening Chronicle; Marshall, Michigan, Tuesday, April 30, 1957]

1957-05-03 Certificate of Registration, CAA Form ACA-500 (Part A), issued to:
Precision Automatic Co.; 3215 Gregory Road, Jackson, Michigan.
1959-11-23 Form ACA-1911.1:
Please cancel registration number N-87537 assigned to Sea Bee aircraft, RC-3, serial number 85, which is at present owned by me Precision.
Reason for cancelling Accident - total loss
Owner's signature Precision Automatic Co. / D. Conlon, 
1959-12-09 Cancellation Record of Aircraft Registration Number, CAA Form ACA-195:
Registration No. N-87527
Last registered owner: Precision Automatic Co.
The above registration number is to be cancelled for the reason checked below:
[x] Accident.

Cancelled from CAA Aircraft Register.

  Sources: RAC Seabee Delivery List.
FAA Aircraft Registry.
Barry Collman.
Matt Miller.

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