CHI69A0043

NTSB accident investigation · Republic RC-3 · Lake Erie, OH · October 17, 1968

Accident · FatalClosed
Date
October 17, 1968
Place
Lake Erie, OH · LAKE ERIE, OH
Injuries
2 fatal
Damage
Destroyed
Phase of flight
Unknown
Aircraft
N6194KRepublic RC-3
Status
Completed · report January 22, 1969
Report
Brief approved by the director
Case key
107575

From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.

On this page

NTSB brief

NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-4120  68/10/17   LAKE ERIE,OHIO      REPUBLIC RC-3       CR-  1  0  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 24, 118
        TIME - UNK/NR                  N6194K              PX-  1  0  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           MISSING AIRCRAFT,NOT RECOVERED                           UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED
        REMARKS- ACFT PRESUMED TO BE IN LAKE ERIE. BODIES OF PLT AND PAX RECOVERED FROM LAKE.

Aircraft

Registration
N6194K
Reported as
Republic RC-3
Category
Airplane
Engine
reciprocating
Damage
Destroyed

Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.