# N451CE: 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: February 11, 2020
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=451CE
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N451CE

## Aircraft that carried N451CE

- [Cancelled 2020-02-11](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N451CE-2020-02-11): Douglas C-118A, S/N 43712, built 1953. Sale reported. Owner: [Fairbanks, AK](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/AK/Fairbanks)

## NTSB investigations on N451CE (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 ANC19LA045](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC19LA045), Aug 1, 2019: Douglas C 118A (N451CE), Buckland, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain an adequate glidepath during the approach, which resulted in the airplane impacting rocks and dirt at the runway threshold, a separation of the right main landing…

## FAA accident and incident reports on N451CE (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.

- [Accident 20190801013109A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190801013109A), Aug 1, 2019: Douglas C-118A (N451CE), Candle, AK, Destroyed. With the PIC at the controls, after overflying RW20 at AK75, the aircraft remained in a normal traffic pattern to land RW20 at 1500' AGL. The aircraft began…

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