# NTSB CHI69A0043: Republic RC-3, N6194K, Lake Erie, OH, October 17, 1968

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: October 17, 1968
- Place: Lake Erie, OH · LAKE ERIE, OH
- Phase of flight: [Unknown](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/990) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 2 fatal
- Status: Completed, report January 22, 1969
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 107575
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI69A0043
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI69A0043

## NTSB brief

```
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 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6194K-1971-03-11), registration cancelled 1971-03-11, S/N 385 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: REPUBLIC RC-3
- Registry model: [Republic RC-3](https://openairdocs.org/model/republic-rc-3) (registry code 3080202) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed

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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