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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of October 30, 2026Eklund Richard D THORP T-18
N181RE is an Eklund Richard D THORP T-18, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1996. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Yelm, Washington. The registration is valid: it was issued on March 1, 2023 and expires on March 31, 2030. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for amateur built, dated November 26, 1996.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Eklund Richard D
- Model
- THORP T-18
- Serial number
- 195
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engineFAA type of aircraft code 4 (the FAA's broad category for the airframe). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating)FAA type of engine code 1 (what powers it, as the FAA classes engines). Every aircraft with this code · All codes, 1 motor · Lycoming O&VO-360 SER · 180 hp
- Seats
- 2
- Year built
- 1996
- Transponder code
- A145DF (octal 50242737)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- March 1, 2023
- Expires
- March 31, 2030
- Last FAA action
- March 1, 2023
- Airworthiness
- ExperimentalFAA airworthiness class code 4 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). Every aircraft with this code · All codes · Amateur builtFAA certificate purpose code 2 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · November 26, 1996
- FAA region
- Northwest MountainFAA region code S (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00516001
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Jacobsen Gary J
- Type
- IndividualFAA type of owner code 1 (who holds the registration: a person, a company, a trust or a government body). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Address
- 11019 Aero Ln SE
Yelm, WA 98597-9613
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Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
Connections how N181RE links to the rest of the register
- Eklund Richard D 1 aircraft on the register
- Lycoming O-360 / VO-360 series 11,930 aircraft with this engine series · 180 hp
- Yelm, WA 60 aircraft registered in this town
- Washington 10,568 aircraft registered
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The public federal record on N181RE, read the way a buyer, lender or insurer reads it: FAA registration, prior tail numbers keyed on the serial number, reuse of the tail number, recent registry filings, and the NTSB accident record under this and every earlier registration.
Valid registration to Jacobsen Gary J, an individual, certificate issued March 1, 2023, expires March 31, 2030. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Experimental certificate for amateur built, dated November 26, 1996, consistent with the 1996 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 195 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N181RE according to the deregistered file. [2]
No bills of sale, loans or releases have reached the registry in recent weeks. The index covers only recent filings; older liens are in the records file. [3]
1 NTSB record under N181RE: Accident on June 27, 2006 at San Andreas, CA: minor injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Eklund Thorp T-18 · operated under 091
the pilot's misjudged airspeed and distance during the approach, and his failure to initiate a timely go-around, which resulted in a landing overrun.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 30, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 30, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 30, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through October 28, 2026. data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search
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Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 30, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data