# N54DT: 1975 Barron THORP T-18, registration cancelled 2008-10-14

- Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft)
- Cancelled: October 14, 2008
- Status when cancelled: Valid registration
- Airframe: [Barron THORP T-18](https://openairdocs.org/model/barron-thorp-t-18) (registry code 8951078)
- Engine: [Lycoming 0-320 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (registry code 41508)
- Data sheets: [TCDS E-274](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/E-274) (OpenAirDocs)
- Serial number: 2
- Year built: 1975
- Type of aircraft: Fixed wing single engine
- Engine type: Reciprocating
- Airworthiness: Experimental, amateur built
- Airworthiness date: May 22, 1980
- Certificate issued: January 11, 2007
- Last registry action: January 11, 2007
- Mode S code: A6D5F0
- Owner when cancelled: [Carpenter Robert E](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/CARPENTER%20ROBERT%20E)
- Location: [Pinehurst, NC](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/NC/Pinehurst)
- Owner type: Individual
- Owner's area on the map: 35.1891° N, 79.4589° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 28374, within about 3 miles (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based
- The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N54DT
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=54DT
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N54DT-2008-10-14

From the FAA registry file of October 29, 2026, cancelled registrations. Owners' street addresses are left out. The Mode S code belongs to the N-number, not the airframe.

ADs and bulletins for the Barron THORP T-18: https://openairdocs.org/model/barron-thorp-t-18.md

## NTSB investigations (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 CHI07CA057](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI07CA057), Jan 9, 2007: Barron Thorp T18 (N54DT), Edinburg, OH, destroyed. Probable cause: The pilot's improper in-flight decision not to refuel prior to fuel exhaustion. A factor to the accident was the tree line that the airplane impacted during the forced landing.

## FAA accident and incident reports (1)

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 20070109002309A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070109002309A), Jan 9, 2007: Amtr THORPT18 (N54DT), Edinburg, OH, Destroyed. (-23) At approximately 0806 N54DT departed from moore county airport (SOP) southern pines, north carolina for portage county airport (29G) ravenna, Ohio. On…

## Other aircraft with N54DT

- [Registered now](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N54DT): Cirrus Design SR22T, S/N 9248, built 2023

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