# NTSB ANC26LA090: Republic RC-3, N463RK, Evansville, IN, August 24, 2026

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Investigation open
- Date: August 24, 2026, 10:15 local (15:15 UTC)
- Place: Evansville, IN · Runway 36 - EVV
- Coordinates: 38.032056, -87.53444 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.0321&lon=-87.5344&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Landing: Landing gear collapse](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/094)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Investigation ongoing
- Investigation class: Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
- NTSB office: Alaska Regional Office
- Parties: FAA FSDO
- NTSB case key (mKey): 203667
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ANC26LA090
- Latest NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/203667/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC26LA090

## Sequence of events

The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened.

- [Landing: Landing gear collapse](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/094) (defining event); cases with it: [Republic RC-3, 2 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/094/sequence.md?model=3080202), [All aircraft, 1,787 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/094/sequence.md)

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N463RK](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N463RK), registered now, S/N 958, built 1947 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: REPUBLIC RC-3
- Registry model: [Republic RC-3](https://openairdocs.org/model/republic-rc-3) (registry code 3080202) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming IO-540-K1B5](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-k1b5) (registry code 41665, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 958
- Year built: 1947
- Airframe hours: 1513.2
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Flight test, Part 91
- Registered owner: Kaskel Super Service LLC
- Airworthiness certificate: Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection: Condition, May 3, 2026, 10.4 hours before
- Destination: Same as departure
- Airport: EVV, Evansville Regional Airport, runway 36, 6,286 × 150 ft, concrete
- Equipment: Electronic primary flight display, Onboard weather, ADS-B, Auto-pilot, Electronic multifunction display

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: calm
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 75 °F, dew point 61 °F
- Altimeter: 30.08 inHg
- Observed at: KEHR, 16 nm away
- METAR: KEHR 241456Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 24/16 A3008 RMK AO2 SLP185 T02440156 50003 $

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 20260824011849A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20260824011849A), Aug 24, 2026: Republic RC-3, Evansville, IN, Substantial damage. On August 24, 2026. At approximately 1056 eastern time, a Republic RC-3 seabee with an experimental research and development airworthiness certificate was…

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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