SIAI-Marchetti FN.333 Riviera#Survivors

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|name = FN.333 Riviera

|image = Nardi FN.333 Riviera N627 OSH 28.07.10R edited-2.jpg

|caption = FN.333 No.002 built by SIAI-Marchetti in 1962, displayed at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh, in 2010.

}}{{Infobox aircraft type

|type = Amphibious aircraft

|manufacturer = Fratelli Nardi, SIAI-Marchetti

|designer =

|first flight = 4 December 1952

|introduced =1962

|retired =

|status = Still in service in 2010

|primary user = Private pilot owners

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|produced =

|number built =29

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|variants with their own articles =

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The Nardi FN.333 Riviera, later the SIAI-Marchetti FN.333 Riviera, is an Italian luxury touring amphibious aircraft designed and developed by Fratelli Nardi in the 1950s and produced in small numbers by Savoia-Marchetti during the following decade.

On October 25, 1968, FN-333, Serial # 007 was destroyed in an accident at Akron Municipal Airport. The pilot, Perry A. Strohl Jr. was killed in the incident. The accident was described as follows:

{{Blockquote|1968-10-25 Hit a pole after losing engine power during take-off (final approach?) from Akron Municipal Airport, Ohio, at 15:22 hrs. Pilot was killed. Aircraft damage reported as "destroyed". The pilot flew the aircraft without maintenance release or preflight. Fuel selector was on empty tank, other tank had fuel. Pilot, commercial, age 46, 576 total hours, 20 in type. NTSB # CHI69A0045, File No: 3–4330.}}

Specifications

{{Aircraft specs

|ref=Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1958-59,{{cite book |title=Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1958-59 |editor1-last=Bridgman |editor1-first=Leonard |year=1958 |publisher=Jane's All the World's Aircraft Publishing Co. Ltd. |location=London |pages=196–197}} Seabee.com : Riviera Amphibian{{cite web |title=Riviera Amphibian |url=http://www.seabee.info/FN333.htm |website=Seabee |access-date=26 March 2020}}

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|capacity=2-3

|length m=7.3

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|span m=10.36

|span note=over retracted wing-tip floats

|height m=3.23

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|width m=3.58

|width note=wings folded

|wing area sqm=15.14

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|aspect ratio=6.5

|airfoil=NACA 23000 series{{cite web |last1=Lednicer |first1=David |title=The Incomplete Guide to Airfoil Usage |url=https://m-selig.ae.illinois.edu/ads/aircraft.html |website=m-selig.ae.illinois.edu |access-date=16 April 2019}}

|empty weight kg=890

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|gross weight kg=1350

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|max takeoff weight kg=1403

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|fuel capacity={{cvt|300|L|USgal impgal|1}} in two wing tanks

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|eng1 number=1

|eng1 name=Continental O-470-H

|eng1 type=6-cylinder air-cooled horizontally-opposed piston engine

|eng1 hp=240

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|prop blade number=2

|prop name=Hartzell constant-speed feathering pusher propeller

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|max speed kmh=290

|max speed note=at sea level

|cruise speed kmh=265

|cruise speed note=at {{cvt|2450|m|-2}}

|stall speed kmh=105

|stall speed note=flaps down

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|range km=900

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|ferry range km=1245

|ferry range miles=

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|ceiling m=6100

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|climb rate ms=6.5

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|wing loading kg/m2=87.9

|wing loading note={{cvt|0.078|hp/lb|order=flip}}

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Take-off run: {{cvt|275|m|-1}} on land
Take-off run: {{cvt|420|m}} on water
Landing run: {{cvt|200|m}} on land

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SIAI-Marchetti FN.333 Riviera#Survivors

Specifications

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