REPUBLIC RC-3 SEABEE # 951

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N6527K

N6527K
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AIRCRAFT DATA
Manufacturer: Republic Aviation Corporation; Farmingdale, Long Island, New York, USA.
Model: RC-3 Seabee
Type Certificate No: A-769
Serial Number: 951
Manufacturing Date: 1947-05-??
Engine: Franklin 6A8-215-B9F (215 HP at 2500 RPM) 
Remarks: Mode S codes:
 
Reg. No. Date Remarks
NC6527K
N6527K		 1947-05-?? Manufacturing Date.
1947-05-?? Test flight.
1947-06-11 Statement of Conformity, CAA Form ACA 317, issued by Republic Aviation Corporation ... 951 has been manufactured in conformity with the data forming the basis for Type Certificate No. 769...
[Signed W. I. Stieglitz, Design Engineer, Commercial Req'ts].
1947-06-11 Application for Airworthiness Certificate, CAA Form ACA-305:
Owner's Name: Republic Aviation Corporation; Farmingdale, New York.
1947-07-31 Bill of Sale, CAA Form ACA-500 Part C:
Purchaser: Miller Aviation Center; Alleghany County Airport, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.
Seller: Republic Aviation Corporation.
1947-07-31 Officially delivered from Republic Aviation Corporation to Miller Aviation Center; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.
1947-10-28 Bill of Sale, CAA Form ACA-500 Part C:
Purchaser: Frank J. Pfleghar; R. D. 3, Bellvue, Pittsburgh 2, Pennsylvania.
Seller: Miller Aviation Center; Guy M. Miller, owner.
1947-10-28 Application For Registration, CAA Form ACA-500 Part B:
Applicant: Frank J. Pfleghar; R. D. 3, Bellvue, Pittsburgh 2, Pennsylvania.
1948-02-13 Registration Certificate, CAA Form ACA-500 Part A, issued to:
Frank J. Pfleghar; R. D. 3, Bellvue, Pittsburgh 2, Pennsylvania.
1950-03-06 Bill of Sale, CAA Form ACA-500 Part C:
Purchaser: Harry D. Barnes; 509 Penn Vista Drive, Pittsburgh 21, Pennsylvania.
Seller: Frank J. Pfleghar.
1950-03-06 Application For Registration, CAA Form ACA-500 Part B:
Applicant: Harry D. Barnes; 509 Penn Vista Drive, Pittsburgh 21, Pennsylvania.
1950-03-29 Registration Certificate, CAA Form ACA-500 Part A, issued to:
Harry D. Barnes; 509 Penn Vista Drive, Pittsburgh 21, Pennsylvania.
1951-08-25 Bill of Sale, CAA Form ACA-500 Part C:
Purchaser: Miller Aviation Center; Alleghany County Airport, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Seller: Harry D. Barnes.
1951-10-04 Bill of Sale, CAA Form ACA-500 Part C:
Purchaser: Dr. Charles S. McElroy; 1300 Main Street, Follansbee, West Virginia.
Seller: Miller Aviation Center; Guy M. Miller, owner.
1951-10-04 Application For Registration, CAA Form ACA-500 Part B:
Applicant: Dr. Charles S. McElroy; 1300 Main Street, Follansbee, West Virginia.
1952-01-22 Certificate of Registration, CAA Form ACA-500 Part A, issued to:
Dr. Charles S. McElroy; 1300 Main Street, Follansbee, West Virginia.
1952-06-22 Lake Erie. Aircraft crashed on landing at Lake Erie, at SPB at East 40th street, Cleveland.

State Flyers Land In Lake

Crash Sinks Plane; Both Men Rescued

     CLEVELAND (AP) - Two West Virginians were fished out of Lake Erie yesterday by members of the Gordon Shore Yacht Club after their amphibian plane nosed over in a fog-bound landing.
     Dr. Charles S. McElroy, 34, and his passenger, J. V. Balch, 68, had been on a fishing trip to Lake St. John, Ont. Both are from Follansbee.
     Coming into the seaplane base at East 40th Street, Dr. McElroy was groping for a landing.
     "The fog was pretty heavy and all of a sudden a boat loomed up in front of me", said the pilot. "I had to come down sooner than I expected".
The physician was unhurt. Balch was shaken up, and was treated at St. Vincent Charity Hospital for exposure.
     Jim Govanello and Mario Buzzelli, members of the club, made the rescue.
Attempts were being made to salvage the plane, which sank in about 25 feet of water.

[Charleston Daily Mail; Monday, June 23, 1952]
1952-08-21 Cancelled from CAA Aircraft Register.
  Sources: RAC Seabee Delivery List.
FAA Aircraft Registry.
Barry Collman.
Matt Miller.

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