# N12318: not currently registered

- Registered now: No (not in the FAA registry file). The mark may be reserved or free to assign
- Earlier aircraft: 1
- Last cancelled: March 21, 2013
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=12318
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N12318

## Aircraft that carried N12318

- [Cancelled 2013-03-21](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N12318-2013-03-21): Boeing 737-3TO, S/N 23369, built 1986. Third renewal notice. Owner: [Continental Airlines Inc](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/CONTINENTAL%20AIRLINES%20INC), [Houston, TX](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/TX/Houston)

## NTSB investigations on N12318 (2)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB NYC99IA024](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC99IA024), Nov 6, 1998: Boeing 737-3TO (N12318), Newark, NJ, incident, minor damage. Probable cause: A loss of torque on the apex nut of the shimmy damper for undetermined reason(s), which resulted in a failure of the shimmy damper, and the subsequent failure of the lower torsion link of the right…
- [NTSB DCA89MA034](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA89MA034), Mar 17, 1989: Boeing 737-300 (N12318), Oakland, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: IGNITION OF PUDDLED FUEL FROM A BLOCKED COMBUSTOR DRAIN LINE, AND A SLOW START DURING WHICH FUEL WAS MISTED AND BLOWN OUT THE TAIL PIPE. AN EXISTING TAILWIND AT THE GATE ALLOWED THE FUEL TO WET THE…

## FAA accident and incident reports on N12318 (1)

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [Incident 19981106045409I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19981106045409I), Nov 6, 1998: Boeing 7373TO (N12318), Newark, NJ, Minor damage. (-5) Aircraft made a normal landing when pilot felt a blown tire then experienced severe vibration. He stopped aircraft on the runway and deplaned passengers…

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