# N18VV: 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: December 21, 2024
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=18VV
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N18VV

## Aircraft that carried N18VV

- [Cancelled 2024-12-21](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N18VV-2024-12-21): Cessna 402C, S/N 402C0619, built 1981. Owner: [Hyannis Air Service Inc](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/HYANNIS%20AIR%20SERVICE%20INC), [Hyannis, MA](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/MA/Hyannis)

## NTSB investigations on N18VV (1)

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 ERA24LA386](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA24LA386), Sep 17, 2024: Cessna 402 (N18VV), Boston, MA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The failure of a solid hydraulic fluid line, which resulted in a loss of hydraulic fluid that prevented the landing gear extension process from completing normally. Contributing to the outcome was…

## FAA accident and incident reports on N18VV (2)

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.

- [Accident 20240917013899A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240917013899A), Sep 17, 2024: Cessna 402C (N18VV), Boston, MA, Substantial damage. On September 17, 2024, at approximately 3 pm EDT, a hyannis air service part 135 (9 or less) commuter aircraft Cessna 402C departed from Boston Logan airport…
- [Incident 20140322003959I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140322003959I), Mar 22, 2014: Cessna 402C (N18VV), St. Louis, MO, Minor damage. Aircraft N18VV was on a maintenance test flight. Following several attempts to extend the landing gear normally the right main gear would not extend. An…

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