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N172

Buehler THORP T-18

Valid Kansas

N172 is a Buehler THORP T-18, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1976. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Leavenworth, Kansas. The registration is valid: it was issued on April 7, 2004 and expires on April 30, 2030. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for amateur built, dated February 21, 1979.

Aircraft

Maker
Buehler
Model
THORP T-18
Serial number
762
Type
Fixed-wing, single engine
Power
Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Lycoming 0-320 SERIES · 180 hp
Seats
2
Year built
1976
Cruising speed
95 mph
Transponder code
A1209A (octal 50220232)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
April 7, 2004
Expires
April 30, 2030
Last FAA action
October 20, 2023
Airworthiness
Experimental · Amateur built · February 21, 1979
FAA region
Central
FAA record id
00382330

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Kirk James H JR
Type
Individual
Address
16214 Dana Ln
Leavenworth, KS 66048-8370

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.

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