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N12055

Thorp T-18

N12055 is a Thorp T-18, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1974. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The registration is valid: it was issued on March 29, 2016 and expires on March 31, 2029. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for amateur built, dated May 23, 1980.

Aircraft

Maker
Thorp
Model
T-18
Serial number
79
Type
Fixed-wing, single engine
Power
Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Lycoming 0-290 SERIES · 140 hp
Seats
2
Year built
1974
Cruising speed
97 mph
Transponder code
A056D7 (octal 50053327)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
March 29, 2016
Expires
March 31, 2029
Last FAA action
July 21, 2023
Airworthiness
Experimental · Amateur built · May 23, 1980
FAA region
Eastern
FAA record id
00942120

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Twigg John M
Type
Individual
Address
605 Rockland Dr
Pittsburgh, PA 15239-2057

Owners can ask the FAA to withhold their name and address from public files. When they do, those fields are blank here as well. How that works.

Documents on file 0

No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.

Earlier use of this number 1

1934-08-08Waukegan Glider Club RHON RANGER GLIDER · Valid registration

Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, September 25, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data