N4PV is not currently registered. It was last assigned to a Thorp T-18 built in 1976. The FAA cancelled the registration on November 15, 2012. The last status on file was "registration expired, pending cancellation".
N4PV is reserved by a private party since December 7, 2017. Reservation type: Fee paid. An expiration notice was issued on October 7, 2026.
Thorp T-18 cancelled November 15, 2012
- Serial number
- 495
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine · Piston (reciprocating)
- Year built
- 1976
- Last status
- Registration expired, pending cancellation
- Certificate issued
- April 28, 1983
- Last FAA action
- July 1, 1989
- Last owner
- Vandenbos Cornelius M (Co-owned)
Bensonville, IL - Airworthiness
- Experimental · Amateur built
NTSB accident and incident record under N4PV
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Vandenbos/Thorp T-18 · serial 495
SHORTING OF CONDENSERS ON BOTH MAGNETOS. A FACTOR WAS INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE SERVICING OF THE AIRPLANE BY OTHER MAINTNEANCE PERSONNEL.
A tail number passes between aircraft over the years; match the serial number on the NTSB record against the airframe above. Source: NTSB aviation accident database, records through September 30, 2026.
Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 2, 2026. See this number on the FAA site