N1218S (Cessna 172S) — routes, history & safety record

Registrations are reused: the FAA register shows one earlier aircraft with this mark, the last registration cancelled on June 23, 2000.

Register facts: FAA Aircraft Registry (Releasable Aircraft Database) (open data).

We’re still collecting data for this aircraft. Routes appear once we’ve seen it fly enough times.

Safety history

No recorded accidents or incidents for this aircraft in FlightFinder’s database.

Earlier aircraft with this registration

Registrations are reused. These records predate the airframe built in 2012 and belong to earlier aircraft that carried N1218S.

December 22, 1999Accident
The pilot's failure to follow the published missed approach procedures, and to maintain proper altitude. Factors contributing to the severity of the accident were the low ceilings and trees.
Cessna 551
The pilot's failure to follow the published missed approach procedures, and to maintain proper altitude. Factors contributing to the severity of the accident were the low ceilings and trees. Full accident record
December 21, 1999Accident
The Cessna 551, collided with trees and subsequently the ground following a missed approach to runway 10, at the Crisp County Airport in Cordele, Georgia. According to the Jacksonville Air Traffic Control Center, the pilot was given radar vectors to the outer marker and cleared him for the non-precision localizer approach to runway 10.
Cessna 551 Citation II · 1 fatalities
The pilot's failure to follow the published missed approach procedures, and to maintain proper altitude. Factors contributing to the severity of the accident were the low ceilings and trees. Full accident record

Transportation Safety Board of Canada records

No TSB occurrence records for this airframe.

Earlier aircraft with this registration

Registrations are reused. 1 TSB record predates the airframe built in 2012 and belongs to earlier aircraft that carried N1218S.

June 26, 1999Incident
Cessna 550 · Sydney, 100 NM W · A99A0088
A99A0088: The Cessna Citation, N1218S, was en route from Columbia, SC to Sydney, NS with the pilot and six passengers onboard. Approximately 100 miles west of Sydney the pilot commenced a descent from the cruise altitude of FL410 and as the aircraft descended through FL400 the cabin pressure suddenly dropped to 15,000…

Source: TSB Aviation Safety Information System (ASIS) (open data).