Republic Seabee Accidents List |
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The purposes of the accident list below are to: (1) serve as historical reference (2) serve as a reminder to Seabee pilots. The accident list does not intend to identify the pilots involved, or to give a final conclusion on the cause of an accident. When available to the author, the information has been taken from official accident reports. However, most of the information is from newspapers, books and other trivial sources. For conclusive accident information, the final official NTSB reports should be consulted. From the accident list below, the most common accident scenarios seem to be
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| Date: | S/N: |
Registration: |
Location: | Injuries: | Phase: | Cause: | Remarks | S |
| 1947-05- | 411 |
SE-AXD |
Stockholm, Sweden |
None | N/A | N/A | Damaged when unloaded from ship in import to Sweden. | |
| 1947-07-10 | 864 |
LN-PAI |
Bergern
Harbour, Bergen, Norway |
none | taxiing | ? | Water taxiing accident. Repaired. | M |
| 1947-07-17 | 865 |
LN-PAK |
Bergen
Harbour, Bergen, Norway |
none | taxiing | ? | Water taxiing accident. Repaired. | M |
| 1947-09-07 | 905 |
LN-PAL |
Bergen
Harbour, Bergen, Norway |
none | taxiing | ? | Water taxiing accident. Repaired. | M |
| 1947-09-08 | 910 |
LN-RAB |
Store
Reinjö, Selbu, Norway |
none | landing | ? | Aircraft hit bottom when landing on a shallow mountain lake. | D |
| 1947-10-09 | 402 |
SE-AXL |
Vastenjaure
(Lake), Norrland, Sweden |
? | ? | ? | Crashed on Lake. | D |
| 1947-10-31 | 202 |
LN-MAF |
Atlöy, Sogn, Norway |
? | Landing | ? | Crashed on landing at sea near the island Atlöy. Rebuilt. | M |
| 1947-11-26 | 865 |
LN-PAK |
Kjevik, Kristiandsand, Norway |
? | landing | ? | Landing accident. Repaired. | M |
| 1948-03-23 | 864 |
LN-PAI |
Höyanger, Norway |
none | landing | FOD | Hit a submerged object during landing at sea. The aircraft was taxied ashore. | D |
| 1948-04-06 | 368 |
SE-AXH |
Årsta, Stockholm, Sweden |
? | ? | ? | Crashed near Årsta. | D |
| 1948-06-11 | 953 |
LN-MAL |
Bergen
Harbour, Bergen, Norway |
none | taxiing | ? | Water taxiing accident. Repaired. | M |
| 1948-07-15 | 646 |
LN-PAF |
Fornebu
Airport, Oslo, Norway |
? | take off | ? | A/c crashed on take off. Repaired. | M |
| 1948-08-05 | 646 |
LN-PAF |
Fornebu
SPB, Oslo, Norway |
? | landing | ? | Accident when landing at Fornebu SPB. Repaired. | M |
| 1949-02-27 | 412 |
SE-AXE |
South
Rhodesia, Africa |
2 | take off | ? | Crashed on take of from small bush airstrip | D |
| 1949-02-28 | 905 |
LN-PAL |
Sola
Airport, Stavanger, Norway |
4 serious | take off | stall | Stalled and crashed during take off, probably due to snow/ice on wings and heavy load. | D |
| 1949-09-01 | 401 |
SE-AXK |
Stora
Värtan (Lake), Lidingö, Sweden |
? | ? | ? | Crashed on Lake. | D |
| 1950-05-30 | 647 |
LN-PAH |
Sola
SPB, Norway |
? | landing | ? | Landing accident at sea. Repaired. | M |
| 1950-07-09 | 146 |
TF-VIA |
Tingvallavatn
(Lake), Iceland |
? | ? | ? | Sank in Lake 'Tingvallavatn'. | S |
| 1950-10-27 | 646 |
LN-PAF |
Bardufoss
AFB, Målselv, Norway |
? | landing | ? | Wheels up landing at airport. Repaired. | M |
| 1951-05-21 | 469 |
SE-AXN |
Vismen
(Lake), Sweden |
? | ? | ? | Crashed on lake. | D |
| 1951-08-01 | 828 |
LN-PAP |
Steinvik, Storelvdal, Norway |
4 minor | cruise | fuel | Due to fuel starvation an emergency landing was made on a sump, destroying the aircraft. | D |
| 1952-06-15 | 823 |
SE-AXW |
Gillingelandet, Stockholm, Sweden |
? | ? | ? | ? | D |
| 1955-07-03 | 646 |
LN-PAF |
Fornebu, Oslo, Norway |
? | landing | ? | Landing accident. | M |
| 1955-07-16 | 645 |
LN-TSN |
Ålesund
SPB, Norway |
none | taxiing | pilot | When taxiing, the a/c hit Seabee LN-PAK. Repaired. | M |
| 1955-07-16 | 865 |
LN-PAK |
Aalesund
SPB, Norway |
none | taxiing | ? | Hit by another Seabee (LN-TSN) that taxied into the aircraft on water. Repaired. | M |
| 1955-08-23 | 645 |
LN-TSN |
Nordfjordeid, Norway |
1 fatal 1 minor |
landing | glassy water |
When making a night/glassy water landing to pick up an ambulance patient, the a/c hit the water at high sink rate and crashed. The 17 year old assistent was not able to release seatbelts and drowned. | D |
| 1956-06-26 | 269 |
SE-AXC |
Porjus, Sweden |
? | landing water | ? | Crashed on emergency landing. | D |
| 1957-01-22 | 644 |
LN-PAM |
Leirvik, Stord, Norway |
2 fatal 1 serious 2 minor |
take off | FOD | On ambulance flight the a/c hit an object floating in the sea on take off in the dark and crashed. The doctor and the baby patient died. Pilot seriously injured. The 2nd pilot and mother of baby only minor injuries. | D |
| 1957-07-03 | ? |
"103" |
Lake Ypacarai, San Bernandino, Paraguay | ? fatal | landing water | Operated by Aviación Naval Paraguaya (ANP) - Paraguayan Navy - ANP code "103". | D | |
| 1957-08-08 | 202 |
LN-BDT |
Gossen
airfield, Norway |
? | landing | ? | Crashed on landing at small airfield 'Gossen'. Repaired. | M |
| 1957-08-11 | 647 |
LN-PAH |
Langesjöen
(Lake), Hardangervidda, Norway |
? | take off | ? | Take off accident from water. Repaired. | M |
| 1958-07-08 | 726 |
SE-AXU |
Lake
Sitojaure, Porjus, Sweden |
? | ? | ? | ? | D |
| 1958-09-30 | 679 |
OH-EGA |
Kaukopää, Finland |
? | landing | gear down | Landed gear down on water, overturned and sank. | D |
| 1958-10-19 | 558 |
TG-CIP |
Guatemala | ? | ? | ? | ? | D |
| 1959-04-07 | 865 |
LN-PAK |
Skodje, Norway |
? | take off | ? | Accident on water take off. Repaired. | M |
| 1959-07-30 | 724 |
SE-AXT |
Skavbränna, Jämtland, Sweden |
? | ? | ? | ? | D |
| 1961-06-23 | 646 |
SE-CHF |
Höör, Sweden |
? | ? | ? | ? | D |
| 1962-06-15 | 737 |
LN-MAM |
Fågelhorn, Hernøsand, Sweden |
1 minor | landing | pilot | During water landing right wing float hit the sea hard and disintegrated from the aircraft. Right wing dug in, and when giving throttle to rise the wing again, the Seabee flipped over on its back. Pilot was rescued by two boatsmen. | D |
| 1962-06-22 | 647 |
LN-PAH |
Kristiansand
Harbour, Norway |
? | ? | ? | Hit by a boat. | D |
| 1963-06-30 | 470 |
SE-AXO |
Siggetorasjön
(Lake), Uppland, Sweden |
? | ? | ? | Crashed on lake. | |
| 1963-08-03 | 400 |
SE-AXI |
Alleb
Allotjåkko (Lake), Norrland, Sweden |
4 fatal | ? | ? | Crashed into mountain. | D |
| 1964-08-15 | 865 |
SE-CMM |
Stenungsund, Sweden |
? | landing | gear down | Landed gear down on water, overturned and sank. | D |
| 1964-10-15 | 829 |
LN-TVV |
Skjörhalsen, Norway |
? | ? | ? | Major damage in accidenty. Repaired. | S |
| 1965-06-18 | 109 |
SE-AXA |
Stora
Sjöfallet, Sweden |
? | ? | ? | ? | D |
| 1967-08-06 | 200 |
OH-SBB |
Puumala, Finland |
? | Take off | ? | Crashed on take off. | S |
| 1980-02-28 | 143 |
N87576 |
McKenna, WA, USA |
1 serious 1 minor |
Take off | engine | After take off from Western Airpark, Yelm, the engine stopped and an emergency wheels-up landing was made on a field near McKenna. The Seabee hit ground hard and was severely damaged. The 70 year old passenger was seriously injured. | S |
| 1989-09-22 | 203 |
SE-BXC |
Stora
Sjöfallet (Lake), Norrland, Sweden |
? | Landing | engine | The GO-480 engine stopped just before landing on lake. A/c caught fire and was destroyed. | D |
| 1993-08-?? | 184 |
N6014K |
Scott Lake, WA, USA | 1 minor | landing | gear down | Landed gear down on water, after refueling on an airport. | |
| 1999-08-23 | 250 |
N6070K |
Discovery
Bay, Chimacum, WA, USA |
2 fatal | landing | stall | The two pilots departed Port Angeles, Washington, for Corvallis, Oregon, with the intention of making practice landings en route. Witnesses observed the aircraft in a smooth, descending, right turn lining up to the north over the south end of Discovery Bay and headed towards 50 foot power lines which crossed the bay on an east/west line. Just short of the power lines, the aircraft was observed to execute a sharp 90 degree left turn, descend out of control to the water, bounce into the air and then re-enter the water in a steep, nose down attitude. Stall, gusty windy conditions. | D |
| 2000-10-12 | 363 |
N6175K |
Baraboo
(DLL), WI, USA |
2 none | climb | engine | During initial climbout, airspeed began to decay and climb rate decreased quickly. Return to runway seemed impossible. At AGL at less than 200' aircraft was turned into wind, towards best field. Avoided obstacles and landed in corn field. Intake valve spring failed on #5 cylinder. | M |
| 2000-09-13 | 270 |
LN-IKK |
Kjeller
Airport, Norway |
none | landing | Landing gear | Emergency gear up landing was made after the gear retraction lug failed. | M |
| 2001-03-23 | 508 |
N6295K |
Carr
Inlet, WA, USA |
1 none | cruise | propell | At 1,500 feet (msl) pilot observed an engine over speed condition. The pilot reduced engine RPM and executed a forced water landing. The airplane's propeller had separated from the crankshaft flange. | M |
| 2001-08-21 | 1043 |
N6755K |
Chimacum, WA, USA |
none | cruise | magnetos | All power was lost. The pilot selected an open field as landing site. The landing gear had been extended and as the aircraft was maneuvered onto a short final, the right main landing gear struck a cow. The aircraft yawed into a left skid, contacted the ground and skidded through a barbwire fence. Post-crash examination revealed that the right magneto had grounded internally resulting in its failure to operate. Additional testing revealed the left coil ignition system had also grounded internally as evidence by arcing, and it too, had failed. | S |
| 2003/06/16 | 1006 |
N6723K |
Yelm, WA, USA |
1
fatal 1 serious |
take off | N/A | N6723K was destroyed after impacting trees following a takeoff run at Western Airpark (92W) near Yelm, Washington. The left seat pilot-rated passenger received serious injuries, while the right seat airline transport pilot sustained fatal injuries. The accident is under investigation by NTSB. | D |
| 2005/05/14 | 505 |
N6292K |
Santa Rosa, CA, USA |
3 none | take off | engine | Departed Santa Rosa, California, for Lake Berryessa when aircraft lost engine power and made a forced landing in a vineyard, Santa Rosa at time 22:10. The damage to the the Bee is reported to be substantial. | S |
| (N) = No damage. | |
| (M) = minor damage (rebuildable). (S) = substantial damage (rebuildable). | |
| (D) = destroyed |
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Sources: - Kay Hagby; "Fra Nielsen & Winther til Boeing 747 - Norske sivilregistrerte fly 1919 - 1998" [ISBN 82-994752-0-1] - Lars E. Lundin; "Flyghistorisk Revy 30 - Svenskt Civilregister 1" [ Swedish AHS 1983] - Lars E. Lundin; "Flyghistorisk Revy 36 - Svenskt Civilregister 2" [ISSN 0345-3413 Swedish AHS 1992] - Lars E. Lundin; "Svenskt Civilregister 3" [ISSN 1100-9837 Swedish AHS 1995] - NTSB Aviation Accident Database and Synopses - Newspapers |
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