# N1040E: Lockheed 18-56, registration cancelled 1972-10-20

- Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft)
- Cancelled: October 20, 1972
- Status when cancelled: Valid registration
- Airframe: [Lockheed 18-56](https://openairdocs.org/model/lockheed-18-56) (registry code 5261642)
- Serial number: 2543
- Type of aircraft: Fixed wing multi engine
- Certificate issued: August 31, 1972
- Mode S code: A015ED
- Owner when cancelled: [Jack Adams Aircraft Sales Inc](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/JACK%20ADAMS%20AIRCRAFT%20SALES%20INC)
- Location: [Walls, MS](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/MS/Walls)
- Owner type: Corporation
- The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1040E
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=1040E
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1040E-1972-10-20

From the FAA registry file of November 4, 2026, cancelled registrations. Owners' street addresses are left out. The Mode S code belongs to the N-number, not the airframe.

ADs and bulletins for the Lockheed 18-56: https://openairdocs.org/model/lockheed-18-56.md

## NTSB investigations (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 UNK72X0116](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/UNK72X0116), Sep 11, 1972: Lockheed 18 (N1040E), Clarendon, Jamaica, destroyed, 1 fatal

## Other aircraft with N1040E

- [Cancelled 2011-02-08](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1040E-2011-02-08): Fairchild C-119L, S/N 53-7849. Assigned, pending cancellation
- [Cancelled 1948-03-23](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1040E-1948-03-23): Aeronca 7AC, S/N 7AC-4591. Owner: [Magnolia Airways & Aviation Co](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/MAGNOLIA%20AIRWAYS%20%26%20AVIATION%20CO), [Laurel, MS](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/MS/Laurel)

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