# NTSB investigations: Downer REPUBLIC RC-3

NTSB aviation accident and incident investigations since 1962: the probable cause, findings, aircraft, crew, weather and docket of each, linked to the FAA registry and the FAA’s own reports.

## Latest cases

- [NTSB FTW91LA101](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW91LA101.md): Republic RC-3 · Kingsland, TX · Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jun 19, 1991 · N6441K · Minor damage
  > The pilot's failure to follow procedures. A factor was the pilot's lack of expereince in seaplanes.
- [NTSB DEN85LA218](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN85LA218.md): Downer Aircraft Industries REP. Seabee RC-3 · Haugan, MT · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Aug 13, 1985 · N6305K · Substantial damage
  > The plt had reconditioned N6305K and was flying the acft to his home in Texas. He continued to state that while climbing through 6500 ft, he heard an unusual noise followed by a substantial loss in pwr. The plt executed an emergency landing on a forest…
- [NTSB FTW82DA254](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW82DA254.md): Downer Aircraft Industries Republic RC-3 · Llano, TX · Accident · No injuries · Final report · Jun 26, 1982 · N6441K · Substantial damage
  > The pilot was on a test flight to check the engine in the amphibious aircraft. As the landing gear was being lowered to land at the airport, a "pop" was heard. Reportedly, the noise occurred when the clevis on the rod end of the retract/extend cylinder…
- [NTSB NYC81FA077](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC81FA077.md): Republic RC-3 · Greenfield, ME · Accident · 1 fatal · Closed · Aug 21, 1981 · N6421K · Substantial damage
- [NTSB UNK74X0108](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/UNK74X0108.md): Republic RC-3-1 · Moon R, Canada · Accident · No injuries · Closed · May 28, 1974 · N6353K · Substantial damage
- [NTSB CHI72FET34](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI72FET34.md): Downer RC-3 · Ligonier, IN · Accident · Minor injuries · Closed · Jun 3, 1972 · N6097K · Substantial damage
- [NTSB NYC72DFJ04](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC72DFJ04.md): Republic RC-3 · Tonawanda, NY · Accident · No injuries · Closed · Jun 20, 1971 · N6551K · Substantial damage
- [NTSB OAK70DXQ03](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK70DXQ03.md): Republic RC-3 · Homewood, CA · Accident · No injuries · Closed · Feb 11, 1970 · N6652K · Substantial damage

## The whole list in SQL

Runs in DuckDB 1.2 or later on the release's Parquet files over HTTPS:

```sql
SELECT c."ntsbNumber", c."eventDate", c."eventType", c."eventCity", c."eventStateOrRegion", a.n_number, a."aircraftMake", a."aircraftModel", c."highestInjuryLevel", c."totalFatal", c."completionStatus", c.report_url
FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_case_detail.parquet' c LEFT JOIN 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' a ON a.case_mkey = c."mKey" AND a.position = 1
WHERE c."mKey" IN (SELECT x.case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' x WHERE x.aircraft_model_code IN ('3080204'))
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?model=3080204

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