N12318 is not currently registered. It was last assigned to a Boeing 737-3TO built in 1986. The FAA cancelled the registration on March 21, 2013. The last status on file was "third notice for re-registration or renewal".
Boeing 737-3TO cancelled March 21, 2013
- Serial number
- 23369
- Type
- Fixed-wing, multi-engine · Turbofan
- Year built
- 1986
- Last status
- Third notice for re-registration or renewal
- Certificate issued
- July 18, 2006
- Last FAA action
- September 13, 2010
- Last owner
- Continental Airlines INC (Corporation)
Houston, TX - Airworthiness
- Standard · Transport
NTSB accident and incident record under N12318
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Boeing 737-3TO · serial 23369
A loss of torque on the apex nut of the shimmy damper for undetermined reason(s), which resulted in a failure of the shimmy damper, and the subsequent failure of the lower torsion link of the right main landing gear.
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Boeing 737-300 · serial 318
IGNITION OF PUDDLED FUEL FROM A BLOCKED COMBUSTOR DRAIN LINE, AND A SLOW START DURING WHICH FUEL WAS MISTED AND BLOWN OUT THE TAIL PIPE. AN EXISTING TAILWIND AT THE GATE ALLOWED THE FUEL TO WET THE TAIL SURFACES AND BE IGNITED DURING THE APU START. THE OPERATOR CONFIRMED USING RTV MATERIAL IN THE APU BUILDUP PROCESS AT THEIR FACILITY.
A tail number passes between aircraft over the years; match the serial number on the NTSB record against the airframe above. Source: NTSB aviation accident database, records through September 30, 2026.
Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 2, 2026. See this number on the FAA site