# N4718U: not currently registered

- Registered now: No (not in the FAA registry file). The mark may be reserved or free to assign
- Earlier aircraft: 2
- Last cancelled: February 17, 1998
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=4718U
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4718U

## Aircraft that carried N4718U

- [Cancelled 1998-02-17](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4718U-1998-02-17): Boeing 747-122, S/N 19879. Triennial form not returned. Owner: [United Air Lines Inc](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/UNITED%20AIR%20LINES%20INC), [Chicago, IL](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/IL/Chicago)
- [Cancelled 1964-07-07](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4718U-1964-07-07): Cessna 180G, S/N 18051418. Exported to Canada. Owner: [Cessna Aircraft Co](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/CESSNA%20AIRCRAFT%20CO), [Wichita, KS](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/KS/Wichita)

## NTSB investigations on N4718U (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 CHI87FA081](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI87FA081), Feb 12, 1987: Boeing 747-122 (N4718U), Detroit, MI, no damage
- [NTSB LAX86MA275](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX86MA275), Jun 24, 1986: Boeing 747-122 (N4718U), Pacific Ocean (Pacific Ocean), incident, no damage

## FAA accident and incident reports on N4718U (3)

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 19870211003519A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870211003519A), Feb 11, 1987: Boeing 747122 (N4718U), Detroit, MI. Bomb threat caused non scheduled landing and evacuation. Some slides failed, one detached by error. Several injured
- [Incident 19861024079641I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19861024079641I), Oct 24, 1986: Boeing 747122 (N4718U), Chicago, IL, Substantial damage. During turn onto taxiway, right wingtip struck rudder of N607AW.
- [Incident 19830419020189I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830419020189I), Apr 19, 1983: Boeing 747122 (N4718U), Chicago, IL. Turning into the gate area from taxiway the jet blast from engine overturned a parked food truck.

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