N518DC is not currently registered. It was last assigned to a Sikorsky UH-60L built in 1988. The FAA cancelled the registration on November 14, 2024 when the aircraft was exported to Australia. The last status on file was "valid registration". The number has been on and off the register 2 times.
N518DC is reserved by a private party since November 14, 2024. Reservation type: Two-year hold for canceled N-numbers.
Sikorsky UH-60L cancelled November 14, 2024
- Serial number
- 89-26123
- Type
- Rotorcraft · Turboshaft
- Year built
- 1988
- Last status
- Valid registration
- Exported to
- Australia
- Certificate issued
- March 25, 2024
- Last FAA action
- March 25, 2024
- Last owner
- Pickering Aviation INC (Corporation)
Denton, TX - Airworthiness
- Experimental · Research and development
Davis R E/Crouch J MK IV cancelled April 5, 2001
- Serial number
- 1475D
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine · Piston (reciprocating)
- Year built
- —
- Last status
- Triennial registration form was mailed and has not been returned by the Post Office
- Certificate issued
- July 25, 1995
- Last FAA action
- October 21, 1998
- Last owner
- Davis Robert E (Co-owned)
Shoreline, WA - Airworthiness
- None on file
NTSB accident and incident record under N518DC
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Davis/Crouch AVID MK IV · serial 1475D
Fracture of the engine's #1 connecting rod, resulting in a total loss of engine power. Factors were an engine overheat condition experienced at an undetermined time, and no suitable terrain for a forced landing.
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Crouch AVID MARK IV · serial 1475D
failure of the pilot to perform an adequate preflight inspection, which led to fuel exhaustion and subsequent loss of engine power. A factor relating to the accident was: the pilot's failure to attain the proper touchdown point on suitable terrain during the forced landing.
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