REPUBLIC RC-3 SEABEE # 420

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N6217K

NC6217K
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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: 420
Manufacturing Date: 1947-02-??
Engine: Franklin 6A8-215-B8F (215 HP at 2500 RPM)
Remarks: Mode S codes: 52016513 / A81D4B
 
Reg. No. Date Remarks
NC6217K 1947-02-?? Manufacturing Date.
1947-02-?? Test flight.
1947-03-04 Officially delivered from Republic Aviation Corporation to Dakota Aviation Company; Huron, South Dakota, USA.
   
   
1947-10-22 C of R issued to:
Earl W. McDowell; McDowell Sky Ranch, Luverne, MN 65156.
1947-10-31 McDowell Sky Ranch, Luverne, Minnesota. Destroyed in hangar fire.

Planes Destroyed In Luverne Blaze

     LUVERNE, Minn., Nov. (UP) Firemen brought under control late Friday night a $65,000 blaze that gutted a hangar and office and destroyed 10 airplanes at the McDowell Sky Ranch.
     W. Earl McDowell, the owner and a pioneer Rock County airman, said only two craft escaped the flames, which also destroyed a car and some farm machinery.
     The planes, all light craft, had been housed in the hangar during an all-day rain.
     The fire, believed to have started when sparks from a welding torch ignited inflammable materials, broke out late in the afternoon.

[The Daily Plainsman; Huron, S.D., Sunday, November 2, 1947]

 
1948-02-11 Cancelled from CAA Aircraft Register.
  Sources: RAC Seabee Delivery List.
FAA Registry.
Barry Collman.
Matt Miller.

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