# Praker Robert M THORP T18C

- Type: Aircraft model (FAA registry)
- Registry code: 05618GX
- Manufacturer (registry): PRAKER ROBERT M
- Model: THORP T18C
- Aircraft type: Fixed wing single engine
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: 1 · Reciprocating
- Seats: 2
- Weight class: Up to 12,499 lb
- Certification: Not type certificated
- Registered aircraft: 0
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/model/praker-robert-m-thorp-t18c

Model codes come from the FAA registry's reference file. ADs are matched to them by model name and maker.

## ADs that may apply (OpenAirDocs)

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None matched.

## Registered aircraft

None registered with this model now.

## 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 FTW94FA176](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW94FA176), May 24, 1994: Praker Thorp T18C (N86BP), Phoenix, AZ, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: THE PILOT'S INABILITY TO PREVENT AN INADVERTENT STALL AND HIS INABILITY TO RECOVER DUE TO A RESTRICTION IN THE MOVEMENT OF THE STABILATOR FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS. A FACTOR WAS THE FAILURE OF THE…

## 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 19940524012349A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940524012349A), May 24, 1994: Amtrth THORPT18 (N86BP), Phoenix, AZ, Destroyed, 1 fatal. Lost control on climbout and spun to ground. Second takeoff on first test flight. Steep climb. Problem unknown.

## The same model under other registry codes

Amateur-built copies and renamed makers get their own codes.

- [John M Clark JR THORP T-18-C](https://openairdocs.org/model/john-m-clark-jr-thorp-t-18-c): 1 registered aircraft, registry code 05604S8
- [Mccoy William THORP T-18C](https://openairdocs.org/model/mccoy-william-thorp-t-18c): 1 registered aircraft, registry code 89510B7
- [Kenton John F THORP T-18C](https://openairdocs.org/model/kenton-john-f-thorp-t-18c): 1 registered aircraft, registry code 89510H4
- [Snedeker Frank E THORP T-18C](https://openairdocs.org/model/snedeker-frank-e-thorp-t-18c): 1 registered aircraft, registry code 89510S1
- [Jones THORP T-18C](https://openairdocs.org/model/jones-thorp-t-18c): 0 registered aircraft, registry code 8951004
- [Cox THORP T-18C](https://openairdocs.org/model/cox-thorp-t-18c): 0 registered aircraft, registry code 89510A3
- [Eastman N L THORP T-18C](https://openairdocs.org/model/eastman-n-l-thorp-t-18c): 0 registered aircraft, registry code 89510G9
- [Ellis Frank B THORP T-18C](https://openairdocs.org/model/ellis-frank-b-thorp-t-18c): 0 registered aircraft, registry code 89510K1
- [Cousineau Alfred F THORP T-18C](https://openairdocs.org/model/cousineau-alfred-f-thorp-t-18c): 0 registered aircraft, registry code 89510L7
- [Holt Leroy THORP T-18C](https://openairdocs.org/model/holt-leroy-thorp-t-18c): 0 registered aircraft, registry code 89510P1
- [Popejoy J/Stoysich C THORP T-18C](https://openairdocs.org/model/popejoy-j-stoysich-c-thorp-t-18c): 0 registered aircraft, registry code 89510R1

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