# N518DC: 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: November 14, 2024
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=518DC
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N518DC

## Aircraft that carried N518DC

- [Cancelled 2024-11-14](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N518DC-2024-11-14): Sikorsky UH-60L, S/N 89-26123, built 1988. Exported to Australia. Owner: [Pickering Aviation Inc](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/PICKERING%20AVIATION%20INC), [Denton, TX](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/TX/Denton)
- [Cancelled 2001-04-05](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N518DC-2001-04-05): Davis R E/Crouch J MK IV, S/N 1475D. Triennial form not returned. Owner: [Davis Robert E](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/DAVIS%20ROBERT%20E), [Shoreline, WA](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/WA/Shoreline)

## NTSB investigations on N518DC (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 SEA00LA116](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA00LA116), Jun 27, 2000: Davis/Crouch Avid MK IV (N518DC), Concrete, WA, substantial damage. Probable cause: Fracture of the engine's #1 connecting rod, resulting in a total loss of engine power. Factors were an engine overheat condition experienced at an undetermined time, and no suitable terrain for a…
- [NTSB SEA97LA004](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA97LA004), Oct 6, 1996: Crouch Avid Mark IV (N518DC), Stanwood, WA, substantial damage. Probable cause: failure of the pilot to perform an adequate preflight inspection, which led to fuel exhaustion and subsequent loss of engine power. A factor relating to the accident was: the pilot's failure to…

## FAA accident and incident reports on N518DC (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 20000627013109A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000627013109A), Jun 27, 2000: N518DC, Concrete, WA, No damage. (-23) A/c departed Concrete airport (WA13) for sightseeing trip around mr baker and lakes. Approx. 45 minutes into flight witnesses confirmed that they heard a…
- [Accident 19961006031029A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19961006031029A), Oct 6, 1996: Amtr AVIDFLYER (N518DC), Standwood, WA, Substantial damage. Lost power en route. Overshort open field landing. Ran through a fence into a yard accro a road. Was out of fuel.

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