# N9518K: 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: March 26, 2013
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=9518K
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9518K

## Aircraft that carried N9518K

- [Cancelled 2013-03-26](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9518K-2013-03-26): Hughes TH-55, S/N 66-18272. Sale reported, canceled. Owner: [Odessa, FL](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/FL/Odessa)
- [Cancelled 1977-07-19](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9518K-1977-07-19): Stinson 108-2, S/N 108-2518, built 1947. Owner: [Eils John Bernhardt Jr](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/EILS%20JOHN%20BERNHARDT%20JR), [San Antonio, TX](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/TX/San%20Antonio)

## NTSB investigations on N9518K (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 MIA00LA097](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA00LA097), Feb 28, 2000: Hughes TH-55 (N9518K), Odessa, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's improper use of flight controls (cyclic and col lective) during a autorotation resulting in a hard landing and subsequent roll over.

## FAA accident and incident reports on N9518K (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 20000228004549A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000228004549A), Feb 28, 2000: Hughes TH55 (N9518K), Odessa, FL, Substantial damage. On February 29, 2000, at 1030 hrs. (EST), a Hughes 269 (TR55) helicopter owned by pasco county mosquito control and operated by[privacy data omitted]crashed…

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.
