N251CE1953 Douglas C-118A
Safety record in brief:No NTSB accidents or incidents since 1982No ADs since 1998 matched7 service difficulty reports
Registration
FAA Aircraft Registry · Oct 17, 2026- Registered owner
- Everts Air Fuel
- Owner type
- Corporation
- City, state
- Fairbanks, AK
- Certificate issued
- Apr 26, 2012
- Expires
- Apr 30, 2028
- Airworthiness
- Standard · Transport
- Airworthiness date
- Jun 23, 1989
We never show street addresses, even though they appear in the public FAA file. Individual owners are shown by city and state only.
Airframe & engine
FAA Registry + type dataAirframe
- Manufacturer
- Douglas
- Model
- C-118A
- Year
- 1953
- Serial number
- 44612
- Aircraft type
- Fixed wing multi engine
- Category
- Land
- Certification
- Type Certificated
- Seats
- 96
- Engines
- 4
- Max takeoff weight
- 20,000 and over lb
- Mode S code
- A25B6C
Engine
- Make and model
- P & W R-2800 Series
- Type
- Reciprocating
- Power
- 2000 hp
Total time and engine hours aren't public. They appear here once the owner adds logbooks.
Ownership history
Ownership history from FAA records- 2012 – nowEverts Air FuelFairbanks, AK · current
Individual owners are shown by city and state only.
Safety record
NTSB · Oct 15, 2026 · FAA ADs · Oct 17, 2026 · SDRs · Oct 16, 2026NTSB events (0)
No NTSB accidents or incidents found for this airframe since 1982.
Accident history for this modelADs published since 1998 that may apply (0)
These match the airframe or engine model. Whether each one applies, and whether it's been complied with, depends on serial numbers, equipment and logbook entries. Applicability must be confirmed by a mechanic against the aircraft's records.
No ADs published since 1998 matched this airframe or engine model.
AI-extracted — verify against original. Matched from each AD's applicability section; ADs replaced by a later AD are left out.
Service Difficulty Reports (7)
Reports of failures and defects that operators and repair stations sent to the FAA since 1995. A report describes one finding; it is not an accident.
- Wings · stringer · crackedJun 23, 2016
CRACKED WING STR 21R AT WING STA 203R, TO REPAIR WING STRINGER 21R CRACKED AT WING STA 203R. REMOVE EXISTING SKIN DOUBLER INSTALLED IAW T/O 1C-118A-3-1, FIGURE 2-61, REPAIR CRACKED STR IAW EAC EO 9915 AND EXTENDED EXTERNAL REPAIR DOUBLER TO INCLUDE EXISTING SKIN DOUBLER. MFG EXTERNAL REPAIR…
From FAA Service Difficulty Reports; matched by N-number and serial number. - Wings · skin · wornJun 23, 2016
LOOSE RIVETS AT FORWARD SPAR UPPER CAP BETWEEN ENGINE NR 3 AND NR 4. REPAIR OF WORN WING SKIN COUNTERSINKS CAUSED BY LOOSE RIVETS BETWEEN WING STA 201 AND 280. PERFORM SKIN CUTOUT AT FRONT SPAR AFT TANG BETWEEN WING STA 201R AND 280R. PERFORM NEW FASTENER LAY-OUT AND MFG DOUBLER FROM 2024-T3…
From FAA Service Difficulty Reports; matched by N-number and serial number. - Wings · stringer · crackedJun 16, 2016
CRACKED WING STR 18R AT WING STA 242R. TO REPAIR WING STR 18R CRACKED AT WING STA 242R, CUT CRACKED STR CAP AT WING STA 223.5 AND 255.25. STOP DRILL CRACKS IN STR 18L BETWEEN WING STA 239 AND STA 244. MANUFACTURE AND INSTALL STR REPAIR PARTS IAW EAC EO 9115. MANUFACTURE AND INSTALL CAP REPAIR…
From FAA Service Difficulty Reports; matched by N-number and serial number.
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- Fuselage · web · crackedJul 14, 2015
TO REPAIR CRACKED WEB AT FS 600 BULKHEAD. PERFORM REPAIR IAW A & B OVERHAUL MANUAL FIGURE 12-6.
From FAA Service Difficulty Reports; matched by N-number and serial number. - Wings · skin · crackedJan 26, 2015
THE SKIN IS CRACKED AT THE END OF AN EXISTING STRINGER REPAIR DOUBLER, SEE DWG 1503-01. REMOVE EXISTING REPAIR DOUBLER & STRAPS. CUT OUT SKIN IAW DWG 1503-02. MANUFACTURE NEW REPAIR PARTS IAW DWG 1503-03 & EO 9915.
From FAA Service Difficulty Reports; matched by N-number and serial number. - Wings · skin · corrodedNov 11, 2011
FOUND CORROSION ON LT LEADING EDGE AT WING STATION 176.5 TO 184.0 WHICH REQUIRED A MAJOR REPAIR.
From FAA Service Difficulty Reports; matched by N-number and serial number. - Hydraulic power · line · crackedMar 23, 2011
HYD FAILURE, ZERO PRESSURE, ZERO QUANTITY. UPON LANDING, CREW REPORTED HAVING USE OF THE BRAKES USING THE AUXILLARY PUMP. FOUND FLAP VALVE BYPASS LINE CRACKED AT FLARE. REPAIRED IAW 01-40NLA-2, PAGE 3-15, PARA 3-30. LEAK AND OPS CHECK GOOD.
From FAA Service Difficulty Reports; matched by N-number and serial number.
Sources
- FAA Aircraft RegistryRegistration, owner city and state, airframe, engineupdated Oct 17, 2026
- NTSB accident and incident databaseAccidents and incidents since 1982updated Oct 15, 2026
- FAA Airworthiness Directives (Federal Register)ADs published since 1998updated Oct 17, 2026
- FAA Service Difficulty ReportsReports since 1995updated Oct 16, 2026