REPUBLIC RC-3 SEABEE # 330

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N6144K (Photo: Don Kyte via Mark Becker)

N6144K
Alaska, USA
Photo: © Don Kyte via Mark Becker

AIRCRAFT DATA
Manufacturer: Republic Aviation Corporation; Farmingdale, Long Island, New York, USA.
Model: Republic RC-3 Seabee
Type Certificate No: A-769
Serial Number: 330
Manufacturing Date: 1947-01-??
Engine: Franklin 6A8-215-B9F (215 HP at 2500 RPM)
Lycoming GSO-480-B1G6 (STC # SA5734NM)
Remarks:
  • Daubenspeck Conversion
  • Supercharged 340 HP Lycoming GSO-480
  • Hartzell reversible 3 bladed prop
  • Droop tips
  • Dual lights each wing (taxi and landing) Pulselites
  • Wing-tip and tail strobes
  • EDM-930, Garmin GNS-430,
  • Garmin GTX-327 transponder,
  • PMA-4000 audio panel
  • Four place intercom
  • Co-pilot PTT. Hand-held transceiver antenna jack
  • 24 volt system
  • 24 volt marine bilge pump servicing each of the five hull comparments
  • 12 volt accessory outlet (cigar lighter)
  • Locking tail wheel
  • Bucket seats
  • Custom plane cover
  • Doors open 180 degrees
  • Wide/extende spray rails
  • Heavy hull bottom
  • Tight hull
  • Cleveland wheels and brakes
  • Overhead engine and prop controls
  • Air Wolf spin-on oil filter
  • Extended wings
  • Bottom strakes
  • Mode S Code 51433557
 
Reg. No. Date Remarks
NC6144K
N6144K		 1947-01-?? Manufacturing Date.
1947-01-?? Test flight.
1947-02-28 Officially delivered from Republic Aviation Corporation to Scranton Airways; Clarks Summit, Pennsylvania, USA.
   
1985-09-30 Capt. Donald V. Kyte; 257 Otsego Drive, Fort Myers Beach, FL 33941-2830, USA.
(ex: 216 146th Street NW, Lynwood, WA 98037, USA).
(ex: PO Box 65, El Cerrito, CA 94530, USA).
1992-06-27 A/W Date.
2001-??-?? Cancelled from US CAR.
N5YL 2001-02-26 Walter J. McNamara; PO Box 12748, 2016 Hydes Corner, New Bern, NC 28561-2748, USA.
(ex: PO Box 1049, Ridgefield, CT 06877-9049, USA).
  For sale!
  Sources: RAC Seabee Delivery List
FAA Aircraft Registry

N6144K (Photo: Don Kyte via Mark Becker)

N6144K
Alaska, USA
Photo: © Don Kyte via Mark Becker

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