# N4PV: not currently registered

- Registered now: No (not in the FAA registry file). The mark may be reserved or free to assign
- Earlier aircraft: 1
- Last cancelled: November 15, 2012
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=4PV
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4PV

## Aircraft that carried N4PV

- [Cancelled 2012-11-15](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4PV-2012-11-15): Thorp T-18, S/N 495, built 1976. Registration expired, pending cancellation. Owner: [Vandenbos Cornelius M](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/VANDENBOS%20CORNELIUS%20M), [Bensonville, IL](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/IL/Bensonville)

## NTSB investigations on N4PV (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB CHI92DEE02](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI92DEE02), Jun 13, 1992: Vandenbos/Thorp T-18 (N4PV), Schaumburg, IL, destroyed. Probable cause: SHORTING OF CONDENSERS ON BOTH MAGNETOS. A FACTOR WAS INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE SERVICING OF THE AIRPLANE BY OTHER MAINTNEANCE PERSONNEL.

## FAA accident and incident reports on N4PV (3)

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [Accident 19920613019869A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920613019869A), Jun 13, 1992: Amtrth THORPT18 (N4PV), Chicago/Schaumb, IL, Destroyed. Engine quit on takeoff. Crash landed in a pond. Both mags inop. Shorted. Burned pitted points. Mags corroded.
- [Incident 19901019054189I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19901019054189I), Oct 19, 1990: Amtrth THORPT18 (N4PV), Chicago/West Ch, IL, Minor damage. Pilot over corrected with forward pitch on landing. Propeller struck runway.
- [Incident 19860828053009I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860828053009I), Aug 28, 1986: Amtrth THORPT18 (N4PV), West Chicago, IL, Minor damage. Veered off side of runway after crosswind landing. Touchdown was left of center line of runway.

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