N6218C

Buckman Donald F QUICKSILVER MXL II

Registrations are reused: the FAA register shows 2 earlier aircraft with this mark, the last exported to Colombia on December 10, 1992.

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

FlightFinder has no observed route profile for this registration. The documented safety events below are available independently of live flight tracking.

Safety history

  • December 4, 1965Accident

    Spatial Disorientation

    Boeing 707-131B · 4 fatalities

    Misjudgment of altitude separation by the crew of EA853 because of an optical illusion created by the up-slope effect of cloud tops resulting in an evasive manoeuvre by the EA853 crew and a reactionary evasive manoeuvre by the B707 crew as well. Full accident record