# N518US: 1986 Boeing 757-251, registration cancelled 2014-04-28 - Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft) - Cancelled: April 28, 2014 - Status when cancelled: Third renewal notice - Airframe: [Boeing 757-251](https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-757-251) (registry code 1384970) - Engine: [Pratt & Whitney PW2037](https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-pw2037) (registry code 52117) - Data sheets: [TCDS A2NM](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/A2NM), [TCDS E17NE](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/E17NE) (OpenAirDocs) - Serial number: 23206 - Year built: 1986 - Type of aircraft: Fixed wing multi engine - Engine type: Turbo-fan - Airworthiness: Experimental, research and development, showing compliance - Airworthiness date: August 14, 1986 - Certificate issued: April 12, 2005 - Last registry action: February 14, 2011 - Mode S code: A680FA - Owner when cancelled: [U S Bank Na Trustee](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/U%20S%20BANK%20NA%20TRUSTEE) - Location: [Boston, MA](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/MA/Boston) - Owner type: Corporation - Owner's area on the map: 42.3582° N, 71.0519° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 02110, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based - The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N518US - FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=518US - Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N518US-2014-04-28 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 Boeing 757-251: https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-757-251.md ## Service difficulty reports (23) Matched to this aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model. - [SDR NWAA094395518](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/NWAA094395518), Dec 20, 2009: TRIGGER. BROKEN. DURING LINE CHECK FOUND DOOR 2L EMERGENCY DOOR ASSIST BOTTLE PRESSURE READING AT ZERO PSI. REMOVED AND REPLACED DOOR ASSIST BOTTLE PER AMM 52-11-30-401. DURING - [SDR NWAA093315518](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/NWAA093315518), Sep 19, 2009: POWER SUPPLY. DEFECTIVE. DURING AN OVERNIGHT LINE CHECK THE EMERGENCY ESCAPE PATH LIGHTING FROM ROWS 23 TO 32 WERE FOUND TO BE INOPERATIVE. MAINTENANCE FOUND THE ASSOCIATED BATTERY PACK - [SDR NWAA093325518](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/NWAA093325518), Sep 19, 2009: BATTERY PACK. DISCHARGED. DURING AN OVERNIGHT LINE CHECK THE EMERGENCY EXIT SIGNS IN THE AFT GALLEY AND AT DOOR FOUR LEFT WERE FOUND TO BE INOPERATIVE. MAINTENANCE FOUND THE ASSOCIATED B - [SDR NWAA073905518](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/NWAA073905518), Nov 20, 2007: SKIN. GOUGED. DURING LINE CHECK, FOUND DENTS AND GOUGES IN FUSELAGE SKIN AT BS 418 S17L. REPAIRED PER EA 55-210494 SECT I SECTION II PERMANENT REPAIR TO BE ACCOMPLISHED WITHI - [SDR NWAA072745518](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/NWAA072745518), Jul 29, 2007: UNKNOWN. UNKNOWN. DURING DESCENT, ENGINE NR 2 "VALVE LIGHT" ILLUMINATED FOLLOWED BY LOSS OF ENGINE OIL PRESSURE. ENGINE SHED ALL ELECTRICAL POWER. FLIGHT CREW SECURED ENGINE AND - [SDR 0601595518](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/0601595518), Jul 12, 2006: LINE. LEAKING. DURING CRUISE THE RIGHT HYDRAULIC SYSTEM QUANTITY DECREASED TO ZERO AND SYSTEM PRESSURE LIGHT ILLUMINATED. FLIGHT CONTINUED TO MSP AND LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. - [SDR 0601415518](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/0601415518), Jun 25, 2006: FILTER. LEAKING. DURING CRUISE THE LEFT HYDRAULIC RESERVOIR LOW QUANTITY/PRESSURE LIGHT ILLUMINATED. AT TOP OF DESCENT THE HYDRAULIC PRESSURE LIGHTS ON THE ENGINE AND ELECTRIC P - [SDR 0600215518](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/0600215518), Jan 21, 2006: PUMP. CRACKED. DURING CRUISE 30 MINUTES AFTER TAKEOFF THERE WAS AN INCREASE IN RIGHT ENGINE VIBRATION AND THE RIGHT HYDRAULIC PRESSURE AND QUANTITY WENT TO ZERO. AIRCRAFT RETU - [SDR 0500115518](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/0500115518), Jan 21, 2005: PUMP. LEAKING. DURING FLIGHT, THE CENTER HYDRAULIC PUMPS WERE TURNED OFF DUE TO THE HYDRAULIC QUANTITY AND PRESSURE WENT TO ZERO. LANDING WAS UNEVENTFUL. FOUND ELECTRIC PUMP L - [SDR 0401875518](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/0401875518), Oct 5, 2004: TEE FITTING. CRACKED. DURING H-CHECK FOUND CRACKED TEE CLIP FITTING ON AFT SIDE OF FRAME AT BS 1681 STR 13 RT. REPAIRED PER EA 55-201106. - [SDR 0401855518](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/0401855518), Oct 5, 2004: FITTING. CRACKED. DURING H-CHECK FOUND CRACK IN FITTING ON AFT SIDE OF FRAME AT BS 1681 S13R. REPAIRED PER EA 55-201106. - [SDR 0401925518](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/0401925518), Sep 30, 2004: SEAT TRACK. CORRODED. DURING H-CHECK FOUND CORROSION ON SEAT TRACK AT BS 365 RBL 45. REPAIRED PER EA 55-201067. - [SDR 0101615518](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/0101615518), May 4, 2001: LIGHT. INOPERATIVE. DURING APPROACH, THE RIGHT LANDING GEAR LIGHT DID NOT DISPLAY GREEN. FLIGHT CREW FOLLOWED COM PROCEDURE BUT THE LIGHT STAYED OUT. EICAS MESSAGE GEAR DISAGREE WA - [SDR 0100895518](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/0100895518), Feb 27, 2001: WARNING SYSTEM. ACTIVATED. TRAILING EDGE FLAP DISAGREE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED WHEN FLAPS EXTENDED FROM FLAPS 15. PERFORMED COM PROCEDURES AND DECLARED AN EMERGENCY. AN UNEVENTFUL LANDI - [SDR 9902965518](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/9902965518), Jul 20, 1999: POWER SUPPLY. INOP. DURING SCHEDULED MAINTENANCE, FIRST CLASS EMERGENCY LIGHT WAS INOPERATIVE. MAINTENANCE REPLACED THE ASSOCIATED POWER SUPPLY WITH A SERVICEABLE UNIT. - [SDR 9803545518](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/9803545518), Feb 20, 1998: POWER SUPPLY. INOPERATIVE. DURING PREFLIGHT, FOUND DOOR 3L EMERGENCY LIGHT INOPERATIVE. REPLACED POWER SUPPLY M735, OPERATIONAL CHECK OK. - [SDR 9714595518](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/9714595518), Jul 20, 1997: DUCT. FAILED. DURING CLIMB WITH TAKEOFF POWER, EGT WENT TO 652 DEGREES FOR 5 SECONDS WITH POWER REDUCTION, EGT RETURNED TO NORMAL. AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO DTW AND LANDED WITHOUT - [SDR 9710295518](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/9710295518), May 26, 1997: TCAS COMPUTER. MALFUNCTIONED. DURING APPROACH, A FULL SCALE RESOLUTION ADVISORY TO CLIMB WAS INDICATED, PERFORMED GO-AROUND. DURING SECOND APPROACH, THERE WERE NUMEROUS TARGETS ON TCAS SCREE - [SDR 9624255518](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/9624255518), Nov 7, 1996: FLOORBEAM. CORRODED. DURING P-CHECK, FOUND CORROSION IN THE BS 1661 FLOORBEAM UPPER CHORD FROM LBL 60, BL 0. REPAIRED CHORD (P/N 146N5090) PER EA 55-120032. - [SDR 9519945518](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/9519945518), Dec 9, 1995: BATTERY PACK. DISCHARGED. DURING LINE CHECK, FOUND EMERGENCY FLOOR PATH LIGHTING INOPERATIVE FROM DOOR 1 TO DOOR 2. REPLACED LEFT FLOOR BATTERY. - [SDR 9507715518](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/9507715518), May 8, 1995: SKIN. CRACKED. DURING PERIODIC CHECK, FOUND CRACK IN THE NR 1 ENGINE NACELLE STRUT SKIN AT THE CUTOUT FOR ACCESS PANEL 433AL. REPAIRED PER EA 55-98206. MFG PART NUMBER 311N345 - [SDR 9507655518](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/9507655518), May 7, 1995: FLOORBEAM. CORRODED. DURING PERIODIC CHECK, FOUND CORROSION ON THE FLOORBEAM UPPER CHORD FS 345 FROM LBL 10 TO LBL 24. REPAIRED PER EA 55-98208. - [SDR 9505665518](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/9505665518), Apr 13, 1995: EEC STATOR. FAILED. DURING CRUISE, RECEIVED 'R ENG SEC CONT' MESSAGE AND LOST OIL TEMPERATURE INDICATIONS. AIRCRAFT DIVERTED TO DTW. RIGHT EEC STATOR WAS REPLACED AND THE AIRCRAFT ## 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 CHI95LA031](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI95LA031), Nov 6, 1994: Boeing 757-231 (N518US), St Paul, MN, no damage. Probable cause: FAILURE OF GROUND PERSONNEL TO IDENTIFY THE UNSAFE/HAZARDOUS SITUATION REGARDING THE CLOSENESS OF THE AIRPLANE TO THE BAGGAGE CARTS, AND THE CAPTAIN'S IMPROPER PLANNING/DECISION CONCERNING THE… ## 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. - [Incident 19901205058919I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19901205058919I), Dec 5, 1990: Boeing 757251 (N518US), Newark, NJ. Left fuel tank warning. NR1 engine flamed out. Restarted using crossfeed from right tank. No fuel in left tank. --- 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.