N3540U is not currently registered. It was last assigned to a Cessna 172S built in 2001. The FAA cancelled the registration on December 14, 2010 when the aircraft was exported to United Kingdom. The last status on file was "first notice for re-registration or renewal". The number has been on and off the register 2 times.
Cessna 172S cancelled December 14, 2010
- Serial number
- 172S8952
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine · Piston (reciprocating)
- Year built
- 2001
- Last status
- First notice for re-registration or renewal
- Exported to
- United Kingdom
- Certificate issued
- March 19, 2009
- Last FAA action
- September 16, 2010
- Last owner
- Southern Aircraft Consultancy INC Trustee (Corporation)
Dereham Norfolk, - Airworthiness
- Standard · Normal; Utility
Cessna 182F cancelled October 10, 1995
- Serial number
- 18254940
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine · Piston (reciprocating)
- Year built
- —
- Last status
- Triennial registration form was mailed and has not been returned by the Post Office
- Certificate issued
- May 13, 1992
- Last FAA action
- August 16, 1995
- Last owner
- Evans Billy W (Co-owned)
Alamosa, CO - Airworthiness
- None on file
NTSB accident and incident record under N3540U
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Cessna 172S · serial 172S8952
The pilot's improper decision to takeoff from an unimproved field, and his subsequent failure to abort the takeoff prior to collision with a sign and an embankment. Factors in the accident were his improper soft field technique, and the dark night conditions.
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Cessna 182F · serial 84593-3-R-4
THE PILOT'S FAILURE TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL. FACTORS WERE THE CROSS WIND CONDITIONS, AND THE PILOT'S POOR EVALUATION OF THE WEATHER.
A tail number passes between aircraft over the years; match the serial number on the NTSB record against the airframe above. Source: NTSB aviation accident database, records through September 30, 2026.
Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 2, 2026. See this number on the FAA site