NTSB investigations: Downer REPUBLIC RC-3
8 cases on aircraft the registry lists as Downer REPUBLIC RC-3. Aircraft are matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model, so older matches can be wrong.
Cases per year
| 1970 | 1 |
|---|---|
| 1971 | 1 |
| 1972 | 1 |
| 1974 | 1 |
| 1981 | 1 |
| 1982 | 1 |
| 1985 | 1 |
| 1991 | 1 |
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Query with SQL
duckdb -csv -c "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"Prints the whole list as CSV. It reads the release’s Parquet files over HTTPS, so there’s nothing to download first. Install DuckDB to run it.
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" DESCRun it at the DuckDB prompt, or in any tool that reads Parquet over HTTPS. More ways to query the release are on Use the data.
NTSB FTW91LA101Accident · Serious injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportRepublic RC-3 · Kingsland, TXThe pilot's failure to follow procedures. A factor was the pilot's lack of expereince in seaplanes.NTSB DEN85LA218Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportDowner Aircraft Industries REP. Seabee RC-3 · Haugan, MTThe 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 FTW82DA254Accident · No injuriesFinal reportDowner Aircraft Industries Republic RC-3 · Llano, TXThe 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 NYC81FA077Accident · 1 fatalClosedRepublic RC-3 · Greenfield, MENTSB UNK74X0108Accident · No injuriesClosedRepublic RC-3-1 · Moon R, CanadaNTSB CHI72FET34Accident · Minor injuriesClosedDowner RC-3 · Ligonier, INNTSB NYC72DFJ04Accident · No injuriesClosedRepublic RC-3 · Tonawanda, NYNTSB OAK70DXQ03Accident · No injuriesClosedRepublic RC-3 · Homewood, CA