Rowlandd THORP T-18
N66BR is a Rowlandd THORP T-18, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1978. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Graham, Texas. The registration is valid: it was issued on May 22, 2017 and expires on May 31, 2027. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for amateur built, dated March 18, 1980.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Rowlandd
- Model
- THORP T-18
- Serial number
- 983
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Lycoming 0-320 SERIES · 180 hp
- Seats
- 2
- Year built
- 1978
- Cruising speed
- 95 mph
- Transponder code
- A8B209 (octal 52131011)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- May 22, 2017
- Expires
- May 31, 2027
- Last FAA action
- January 22, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Experimental · Amateur built · March 18, 1980
- FAA region
- Southwestern
- FAA record id
- 00692826
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Pierce Stephan L
- Type
- Individual
- Address
- 196 US Highway 380 E
Graham, TX 76450-6447
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Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
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The public federal record on N66BR, 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 Pierce Stephan L, an individual, certificate issued May 22, 2017, expires May 31, 2027. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Experimental certificate for amateur built, dated March 18, 1980, consistent with the 1978 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 983 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N66BR 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 N66BR: Accident on July 30, 1990 at Fisk, WI: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Bryant Rowland T-18 · operated under 091
THE PILOT-IN-COMMAND OF THE THORP T-18'S FAILURE TO MAINTAIN A SUFFICIENT VISUAL LOOKOUT TO AVOID A COLLISION WITH THE CESSNA 170A. CONTRIBUTING WAS THE LIMITED VISIBILITY FORWARD AND TO THE RIGHT IN THE THORP T-18.
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- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through August 27, 2026. data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search
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Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 2, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data