Thorp T-18 accidents

The NTSB database holds 40 accidents and incidents involving the Thorp T-18, recorded between 1967 to 2015. 15 of them were fatal (38%), and 22 people died.

The deadliest year was 1986, with 4 deaths.

The phase of flight recorded most often is landing (13 records).

Most of these records are from United States and Mexico.

31 of these records have no coordinates in the source data, so they appear in the list below but not on the map.

Records

Fatal

Deaths

38%

Share fatal

1967 to 2015

Period

Show these on the map 9 of 40 have coordinates

By decade

1960s 5

1970s 19

1980s 12

2000s 1

2010s 3

Where these happened

United States 39 Mexico 1

Operators involved

Duane Simm 1 R.r. Bender 1 Francis A. Richardson 1 Eric J. Shaw & Associates 1 Donald A. McCune 1 Roger Thompson 1

All 40 records by number of deaths, then by date

Date	Aircraft	Location	Operator	Outcome	Died
31 Jul 1986	Thorp T-18 N85JJ	Rawlins, Wyoming, United States	-	Fatal	2
11 Jul 1986	Thorp T-18 N2056	Richland, Washington, United States	Donald A. McCune	Fatal	2
30 Jul 1982	Thorp T-18 N75A	Neosho, Missouri, United States no coordinates	Francis A. Richardson	Fatal	2
22 Jun 1980	Thorp T-18 N59374	Quakertown, Pennsylvania, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	2
30 Jul 1978	Thorp T-18 N18FK	Oshkosh, Wisconsin, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	2
7 Aug 1976	Thorp T-18 N12BS	Menominee, Michigan, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	2
6 Sep 1969	Thorp T-18 N1385	Chino, California, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	2
23 Sep 2011	Thorp T-18 N54WB	Plainwell, Michigan, United States	-	Fatal	1
9 May 2008	Thorp T-18 N8613A	Kent, Washington, United States	Roger Thompson	Fatal	1
5 Mar 1983	Thorp T-18 N3124	Simi, California, United States	Eric J. Shaw & Associates	Fatal	1
8 Jul 1977	Thorp T-18 N56LU	Van Nuys, California, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	1
29 May 1976	Thorp T-18 N4277	Hull, Illinois, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	1
22 Jul 1973	Thorp T-18 N702MS	Marlboro, Ohio, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	1
5 Mar 1972	Thorp T-18 N2043	Kearns, Utah, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	1
1 Feb 1968	Thorp T-18 N6541A	China Springs, Texas, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	1
6 Nov 2015	Thorp T 18 N1488	Independence, Oregon, United States	-	No injuries	-
21 Aug 2012	Thorp T-18 N2443	Gilmer, Texas, United States	-	Serious injuries	-
1 Mar 1988	Thorp T-18 N1369	Advance, North Carolina, United States no coordinates	-	Minor injuries	-
20 Apr 1987	Thorp T-18 N218HW	Bowling Green, Missouri, United States	-	No injuries	-
28 Mar 1987	Thorp T-18 N26CK	Riverside, California, United States no coordinates	-	No injuries	-
9 Oct 1983	Thorp T-18 N4860S	East Haddam, Connecticut, United States no coordinates	-	No injuries	-
3 Aug 1982	Thorp T-18 N693RB	Geneva, Ohio, United States no coordinates	R.r. Bender	No injuries	-
21 Jul 1982	Thorp T-18 N62RB	Connellsville, Pennsylvania, United States	Duane Simm	Minor injuries	-
11 Jul 1981	Thorp T-18 N179RW	Waterloo, Iowa, United States no coordinates	-	No injuries	-
11 May 1979	Thorp T-18 N1947	Zillah, Washington, United States no coordinates	-	Serious injuries	-
6 Oct 1978	Thorp T-18 N493TK	Middleton, Wisconsin, United States no coordinates	-	Minor injuries	-
10 Sep 1978	Thorp T-18 N18Z	N.little Rock, Arkansas, United States no coordinates	-	No injuries	-
1 Sep 1978	Thorp T-18 N711RF	Schaumburg, Illinois, United States no coordinates	-	No injuries	-
1 Oct 1977	Thorp T-18 N12KB	Moam, Utah, United States no coordinates	-	No injuries	-
17 Sep 1977	Thorp T-18 N7FF	Van Nuys, California, United States no coordinates	-	No injuries	-
27 Dec 1976	Thorp T-18 N18TM	Dumas, Arkansas, United States no coordinates	-	No injuries	-
23 Feb 1975	Thorp T-18 N5564	Lansing, Michigan, United States no coordinates	-	Serious injuries	-
30 Jun 1973	Thorp T-18 N7995A	Whitesboro, Texas, United States no coordinates	-	Serious injuries	-
28 May 1973	Thorp T-18 N2721	Ozark, Missouri, United States no coordinates	-	No injuries	-
13 Aug 1972	Thorp T-18 N110JH	Marietta, Georgia, United States no coordinates	-	Serious injuries	-
21 May 1971	Thorp T-18 N2264B	Lake Head, California, United States no coordinates	-	No injuries	-
19 Mar 1971	Thorp T-18 N789H	Rosarito Bch, Mexico no coordinates	-	Serious injuries	-
1 Jul 1969	Thorp T-18 N3715	Puyallup, Washington, United States no coordinates	-	Minor injuries	-
22 Oct 1967	Thorp T-18 N18117	Anoka, Minnesota, United States no coordinates	-	Minor injuries	-
21 May 1967	Thorp T-18 N4083B	Lone Pine, California, United States no coordinates	-	No injuries	-