# Incident 20250418004479I: Republic RC-3, Doylestown, PA, April 18, 2025

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 18, 2025, 08:30 local time
- Place: Doylestown, PA
- Airport: Doylestown
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.3142° N, 75.1277° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Doylestown, PA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.3142&lon=-75.1277&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6302K, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6302K) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Republic RC-3 (registry code 3080202, https://openairdocs.org/model/republic-rc-3) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Franklin 6A8 series (registry code 27030, https://openairdocs.org/engine/franklin-6a8-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: REPUBLIC RC-3
- Reported engine: FRANKLIN 6A8 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250418004479I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

PILOT STATED ON FINAL APPROACH TO RUNWAY 23 AT DYL EVERYTHING WAS NORMAL. UPON LANDING HE FELT THE MAIN LANDING GEAR TOUCH THE RUNWAY FOLLOWED BY A BANG COMING FROM UNDER THE FLOORBOARDS AND THE GEAR COLLAPSED. THE AIRCRAFT SETTLED ON THE KEEL AND SLID OFF THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY.

## Other reports on N6302K (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19820801047719I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820801047719I), Aug 1, 1982: Stolam RC3 (N6302K), Marlette, MI. Unable to lower gear. Landed on the hull with gear up. Leak in hydraulic line, depleted hydraulic fluid.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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