last update: August 09, 2008

 

 

N518US

23206/0107
 
Roll out 01/07/1986

 

First flight 11/08/1986
Type 251
Engines Pratt & Whitney PW2037
Selcal -
Configuration F22Y160
Name "City of Milwaukee"
Photos photo 1      

 

Date

Registration

 Remarks
22/08/1986 N518US del Northwest Orient Airlines; '5518'; named "City of Milwaukee".
01/10/1986 N518US airline was renamed Northwest Airlines.
24/10/1986 N518US bt Pitney Bowes Credit Company.
24/10/1986 N518US lt Northwest Airlines.
---/12/1986 N518US bt First National Bank of Boston, Boston, MA; lease to Northwest Airlines continues.
06/11/1994 N518US at St. Paul after being cleared to taxi for departure, the tug driver pushed the airplane back to a spot close to the gate; to conserve fuel, only the right engine was started for taxiing; due to the position of other aircraft and closeness of the gate, the captain elected to make a 270 degree right turn to taxi to the runway; during the turn, jet blast from the right engine overturned three baggage carts, one of the carts hit a ground worker, which resulted in a serious injury; the company operations manual stated that taxi thrust should be kept below 45% N1; the flight data recorder indicated the right engine N1 peaked at 49,73% as the throttle was advanced to initiate the turn.
29/12/1994 N518US tfd to Colonial Pacific Leasing Corporation; lease to Northwest Airlines continues.
01/04/1997 N518US bt State Street Bank & Trust Company, Boston, MA; lease to Northwest continues.
13/04/2003 N518US ferried Minneapolis-Marana as NWA9750; for storage.
01/07/2003 N518US at Marana.
---/08/2003 N518US dep Marana after storage (before 30/08/2003).
---/02/2004 N518US at New York/La Guardia in 2003 Northwest Airlines c/s (repainted after 14/02/2004).
12/04/2005 N518US rgd to U.S. Bank, Boston, MA; lease to Northwest Airlines continues.