Republic RC-3
N6518K is a Republic RC-3, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1947. It has 4 seats. It is registered to an individual in Scottsdale, Arizona. The registration is valid: it was issued on April 19, 2024 and expires on April 30, 2031. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate, dated May 15, 1956.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Republic
- Model
- RC-3 · all RC-3s and related versions
- Serial number
- 784
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Franklin 6A8 SERIES · 215 hp
- Seats
- 4
- Year built
- 1947
- Cruising speed
- 87 mph
- Transponder code
- A893EB (octal 52111753)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- April 19, 2024
- Expires
- April 30, 2031
- Last FAA action
- April 19, 2024
- Airworthiness
- Standard · May 15, 1956
- FAA region
- Western-Pacific
- FAA record id
- 00962536
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Pullman Michael A
- Type
- Individual
- Address
- 4909 N Woodmere Fairway Unit 1004
Scottsdale, AZ 85251-1698
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Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
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The public federal record on N6518K, read the way a buyer, lender or insurer reads it: FAA registration, prior tail numbers keyed on the serial number, reuse of the tail number, recent registry filings, and the NTSB accident record under this and every earlier registration.
Valid registration to Pullman Michael A, an individual, certificate issued April 19, 2024, expires April 30, 2031. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
The airworthiness certificate on file is dated May 15, 1956, 9 years after the 1947 manufacture year. A re-issued certificate commonly follows export and re-import, a rebuild, or a return to the register after cancellation. The cause is documented in the FAA aircraft records file, which the full report obtains. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 784 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N6518K according to the deregistered file. [2]
No bills of sale, loans or releases have reached the registry in recent weeks. The index covers only recent filings; older liens are in the records file. [3]
1 NTSB record under N6518K: Accident on April 12, 2026 at Phoenix, AZ: minor injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
These live in the FAA aircraft records file (every document ever filed against the aircraft) and, for larger aircraft, the International Registry. Part of the full report.
AD compliance against the logbooks and flight-activity reconciliation are researched layers of the full report.
NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Republic RC-3 · operated under 091
On April 12, 2026, about 1423 mountain standard time, a Republic RC-3 airplane, N6518K, was substantially damaged when it was involved in an accident near Phoenix, Arizona. The pilot and two passengers were not injured. The amphibious airplane was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 personal flight. The pilot reported that he departed Hangar Haciendas Airport (AZ90) Laveen, Arizona with two passengers onboard for a local flight. While enroute at an altitude of about 2,500 mean sea level, travelling toward Camelback Mountain, the propeller rpm began to overspeed. The pilo…
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for WPR26LA153 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through August 27, 2026. data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search
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Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 2, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data