Aircraft Description
N718 is a 1944 Lockheed P-38L, a twin-engine reciprocating (piston) aircraft registered to Nichols Charles F Trustee in Baldwin Park, CA. This aircraft holds a experimental airworthiness certificate issued by the Federal Aviation Administration on April 29, 1981. The registration certificate was issued on August 6, 1996. The registration is set to expire on April 30, 2028. Powered by a Allison V1710 SERIES engine producing 1500 horsepower, N718 is. The aircraft's Mode S transponder code is A999C4 (hex), used for ADS-B identification and flight tracking. The FAA registry record for N718 was last updated on May 5, 2023. AviatorDB monitors aircraft positions through ADS-B surveillance data and updates records as new position data is received.
Lockheed Corporation (now Lockheed Martin) was a major American aerospace company that produced legendary aircraft from the P-38 Lightning to the SR-71 Blackbird, L-1011 TriStar, and C-130 Hercules military transport. AviatorDB tracks 222 Lockheed aircraft currently registered in the FAA database, including the P-38L model.
AviatorDB has found no NTSB accident or incident reports involving N718. AviatorDB cross-references all FAA registration data with NTSB accident and incident reports, providing a comprehensive safety overview for every registered aircraft in the United States.
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Data provided by the US Federal Aviation Administration. View on FAA.gov
Last updated: 2026-04-01 01:32:20 UTC