N6256K1947 Republic RC-3-1
Safety record in brief:No NTSB accidents or incidents since 1982No ADs since 1998 matched1 service difficulty report
Registration
FAA Aircraft Registry · Oct 20, 2026- Registered owner
- Co-owners
- City, state
- Rosburg, WA
- Certificate issued
- Nov 5, 2004
- Expires
- Oct 31, 2028
- Airworthiness
- Standard
- Airworthiness date
- Apr 3, 1956
We never show street addresses, even though they appear in the public FAA file. Individual owners are shown by city and state only.
Airframe & engine
FAA Registry + type dataAirframe
- Manufacturer
- Republic
- Model
- RC-3-1
- Year
- 1947
- Serial number
- 463
- Aircraft type
- Fixed wing single engine
- Category
- Amphibian
- Certification
- Not Type Certificated
- Seats
- 4
- Engines
- 1
- Max takeoff weight
- Up to 12,499 lb
- Mode S code
- A82C04
Engine
- Make and model
- Franklin 6a8 Series
- Type
- Reciprocating
- Power
- 215 hp
Total time and engine hours aren't public. They appear here once the owner adds logbooks.
Ownership history
Ownership history from FAA records- 2004 – nowCo-ownersRosburg, WA · current
Individual owners are shown by city and state only.
Safety record
NTSB · Oct 15, 2026 · FAA ADs · Oct 20, 2026 · SDRs · Oct 16, 2026NTSB events (0)
No NTSB accidents or incidents found for this airframe since 1982.
Accident history for this modelADs published since 1998 that may apply (0)
These match the airframe or engine model. Whether each one applies, and whether it's been complied with, depends on serial numbers, equipment and logbook entries. Applicability must be confirmed by a mechanic against the aircraft's records.
No ADs published since 1998 matched this airframe or engine model.
AI-extracted — verify against original. Matched from each AD's applicability section; ADs replaced by a later AD are left out.
Service Difficulty Reports (1)
Reports of failures and defects that operators and repair stations sent to the FAA since 1995. A report describes one finding; it is not an accident.
- Exhaust · exhaust stack · elbow failedSep 3, 1996
AFTER TAKEOFF AT 200 FEET AGL, THE ENGINE QUIT. INVESTIGATION REVEALED THE RT EXHAUST STACK ELBOW HAD PULLED LOOSE FROM STACK ASSY INSIDE ENGINE COWL. INTENSE HEAT FROM EXHAUST BURNED THROUGH ALUMINUM STRUCTURE AFT OF ENGINE AND MELTED MAGNETO WIRES AND OTHERS TOGETHER CAUSING MAGS TO SHORT OUT.…
From FAA Service Difficulty Reports; matched by N-number and serial number.
Sources
- FAA Aircraft RegistryRegistration, owner city and state, airframe, engineupdated Oct 20, 2026
- NTSB accident and incident databaseAccidents and incidents since 1982updated Oct 15, 2026
- FAA Airworthiness Directives (Federal Register)ADs published since 1998updated Oct 20, 2026
- FAA Service Difficulty ReportsReports since 1995updated Oct 16, 2026