# N218B: Smith Fred D HORNET, registration cancelled 2023-06-27

- Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft)
- Cancelled: June 27, 2023
- Status when cancelled: Valid registration
- Airframe: [Smith Fred D HORNET](https://openairdocs.org/model/smith-fred-d-hornet) (registry code 05604I7)
- Engine: [Hirth 2706](https://openairdocs.org/engine/hirth-2706) (registry code 33703)
- Serial number: 0018
- Type of aircraft: Fixed wing single engine
- Engine type: 2 cycle
- Airworthiness: Experimental, exhibition
- Airworthiness date: March 29, 2018
- Certificate issued: March 9, 2018
- Last registry action: April 28, 2023
- Mode S code: A1D753
- Owner when cancelled: [Western Sky Aviation Warbird Museum Inc](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/WESTERN%20SKY%20AVIATION%20WARBIRD%20MUSEUM%20INC)
- Location: [St George, UT](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/UT/St%20George)
- Owner type: Corporation
- Owner's area on the map: 37.1384° N, 113.6296° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 84770, within about 5 miles (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based
- The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N218B
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=218B
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N218B-2023-06-27

From the FAA registry file of October 31, 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 Smith Fred D HORNET: https://openairdocs.org/model/smith-fred-d-hornet.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 WPR18LA217](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR18LA217), Aug 11, 2018: Smith Hornet (N218B), St. George, UT, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's loss of airplane control during takeoff due to an unexpected gust of wind.

## FAA accident and incident reports (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 20180811014189A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180811014189A), Aug 11, 2018: Smith Fred D HORNET (N218B), St. George, UT, Substantial damage, 1 fatal. On 8/11/2018 at 0846 mountain standard time (MST), N218B, a Smith Fred D. Hornet, was captured on an airport security camera taxiing to runway 1. At 0851 MST…

## Other aircraft with N218B

- [Cancelled (date not recorded)](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N218B-undated): Beech G35, S/N D4546. Triennial form not returned

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