# N518DM: Beech 65-A90, registration cancelled 2000-05-01

- Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft)
- Cancelled: May 1, 2000
- Status when cancelled: Valid registration
- Airframe: [Beech 65-A90](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-65-a90) (registry code 1152908)
- Data sheets: [TCDS 3A20](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/3A20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Serial number: LJ-251
- Type of aircraft: Fixed wing multi engine
- Certificate issued: June 9, 1998
- Last registry action: March 3, 1999
- Mode S code: A67F7E
- Owner when cancelled: [High Adventure II Inc](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/HIGH%20ADVENTURE%20II%20INC)
- Location: [Wilmington, DE](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/DE/Wilmington)
- Owner type: Corporation
- Owner's area on the map: 39.7376° N, 75.6671° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 19808, within about 2 miles (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based
- The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N518DM
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=518DM
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N518DM-2000-05-01

From the FAA registry file of October 28, 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 Beech 65-A90: https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-65-a90.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 CHI99MA269](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI99MA269), Jul 31, 1999: Beech 65-A90 (N518DM), Marine City, MI, destroyed, 10 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain adequate airspeed, which resulted in a stall, inflight loss of contol, and collision with the ground.

## FAA accident and incident reports (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 19990731010159A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990731010159A), Jul 31, 1999: Beech 65A90 (N518DM), Marine City, MI, Destroyed, 10 fatal. Skydiving acft took off, banked sharply to the right, and crashed, the pilot and 9 parachute jumpers on board sustained fatal injuries, the acft was destroyed…
- [Incident 19811116086059I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19811116086059I), Nov 16, 1981: Beech 65A90 (N518DM), Fargo, ND, Minor damage. Passenger window blew out at FL 170. Descended and landed safely. Original windows. Cause undetermined.

## Other aircraft with N518DM

- [Registered now](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N518DM): Titan TORNADO, S/N D95XXXCOHK0156, built 1995

---
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.