Single-engine piston

N28TG

1992 Homebuilt Thorp T-18

Registered No accidents on file
Built
1992
Serial
281
Class
Single-engine piston
Engines
Lycoming O-320 series
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registered owner
Shooting Star Services LLC (LLC)
Based
Rosamond, CA
Registration record

N28TG on the FAA register

Type
1992 Homebuilt Thorp T-18
Serial
281
Engines
Lycoming O-320 series
Registered owner
Shooting Star Services LLC
Rosamond, CA
Certificate issued
2025-12-03
Airworthiness date
1993-08-12
Registration expires
2032-12-31
Airworthiness class
Experimental · amateur-built
Mode S (hex)
A2CD52
Mode S (octal)
50546522
Seats (type)
2
Weight class
up to 12,499 lb
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registry history

Timeline

  • 2032-12-31
    Registration expires (renewal due).
  • 2025-12-03
    Certificate of registration issued as N28TG.
  • 1993-08-12
    Airworthiness date on the current FAA record (experimental category (amateur-built)).
  • 1992
    Manufactured (1992).
Overview

About N28TG

N28TG is a 1992 Homebuilt Thorp T-18, serial number 281. The FAA register lists Shooting Star Services LLC as the registrant in Rosamond, California. The current certificate of registration was issued on December 3, 2025 and expires on December 31, 2032.

The FAA aircraft reference file describes the type as a single-engine piston, one Lycoming O-320 series engine and 2 seats. Its airworthiness certificate is experimental category (amateur-built), dated August 12, 1993.

No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices are on file for N28TG.

Safety record

Accident & incident history

✓ No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices on file for N28TG.

Sources: NTSB aviation accident database and CAROL case system, FAA preliminary accident & incident notices. Search accident records

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Data: FAA Aircraft Registry (October 2026), including deregistered aircraft; NTSB and FAA accident data; fyiAero listing history. Individual owners' names are shown to signed-in users and street addresses are never shown. Type figures are published specifications, not this aircraft's.