# N7618T: 1979 Pollard & Huntley THORP T-18, registration cancelled 2013-02-26

- Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft)
- Cancelled: February 26, 2013
- Status when cancelled: Sale reported, canceled
- Airframe: [Pollard & Huntley THORP T-18](https://openairdocs.org/model/pollard-huntley-thorp-t-18) (registry code 89510D8)
- Engine: [Lycoming O&VO-360 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (registry code 41514)
- Serial number: HPV-1
- Year built: 1979
- Type of aircraft: Fixed wing single engine
- Engine type: Reciprocating
- Airworthiness: Experimental, amateur built
- Airworthiness date: September 14, 1979
- Last registry action: February 5, 2002
- Mode S code: AA48C1
- Location: [Torrance, CA](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/CA/Torrance)
- Owner type: Individual
- Owner's area on the map: 33.8079° N, 118.3480° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 90505, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based
- The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7618T
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=7618T
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7618T-2013-02-26

From the FAA registry file of November 3, 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 Pollard & Huntley THORP T-18: https://openairdocs.org/model/pollard-huntley-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 LAX04FA301](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX04FA301), Aug 23, 2004: Pollard & Huntley Thorp T-18 (N7618T), Malibu, CA, destroyed, 3 fatal. Probable cause: The failure of both pilots to maintain an adequate visual lookout and their failure to see and avoid the other aircraft.

## 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 20040822021842A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040822021842A), Aug 22, 2004: Amtr THORPT18 (N7618T), Malibu, CA, Destroyed, 2 fatal. (-23) On August 22, 2004, about 1729 pacific daylight time, a Bellanca citabria 7ECA, N53879, collided in midair with a pollard & huntley thorp T-18, N7818T,…

## Other aircraft with N7618T

- [Cancelled 1970-11-18](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7618T-1970-11-18): Cessna 172A, S/N 47218. Owner: [Leeke Robert H Et Al](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/LEEKE%20ROBERT%20H%20ET%20AL), [Jackson, MI](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/MI/Jackson)

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