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A Buckeye DREAM MACHINE, the same model family as N40534
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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of October 23, 2026
N40534

Buckeye DREAM MACHINE

ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codesCalifornia

N40534 is a Buckeye DREAM MACHINE, a powered parachute with a two-stroke engine. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Cupertino, California. The registration is valid: it was issued on November 14, 2025 and expires on November 30, 2032. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for registered before jan 31, 2008, dated March 31, 2007.

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Aircraft

Maker
Buckeye
Model
DREAM MACHINE · all DREAM MACHINEs and related versions
Built of
fabric wing and steel frame
A powered parachute: a fabric wing above a steel-tube cart with the engine and seats. This is how the Buckeye DREAM MACHINE family is built; the FAA does not record construction for each aircraft, and the type certificate data sheet is the authority for this one.
Serial number
4957
Type
Powered parachuteFAA type of aircraft code 8 (the FAA's broad category for the airframe). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Power
Two-cycle pistonFAA type of engine code 7 (what powers it, as the FAA classes engines). Every aircraft with this code · All codes, 1 motor · Rotax 582SER · 65 hp
Seats
2
Year built
Not given
Transponder code
A4C212 (octal 51141022)

Registration

Status
Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Certificate issued
November 14, 2025
Expires
November 30, 2032
Last FAA action
December 11, 2025
Airworthiness
ExperimentalFAA airworthiness class code 4 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). Every aircraft with this code · All codes · Registered before Jan 31, 2008FAA certificate purpose code 8A (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · March 31, 2007
FAA region
Western-PacificFAA region code 4 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
FAA record id
00320519

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Lavi Natan
Type
IndividualFAA type of owner code 1 (who holds the registration: a person, a company, a trust or a government body). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Address
10474 Merriman Rd
Cupertino, CA 95014-2638

Owners can ask the FAA to withhold their name and address from public files. When they do, those fields are blank here as well. How that works.

Documents on file 0

No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.

Earlier use of this number 1

2004-10-21Piper PA-23-250 · exported to Canada · Triennial registration form was mailed and has not been returned by the Post Office

Connections how N40534 links to the rest of the register

Design
Engine
Place
  • Cupertino, CA 25 aircraft registered in this town
  • California 27,610 aircraft registered
Airworthiness

The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/aircraft/N40534.json.

Records check free · 1 to understand · 3 clear

The public federal record on N40534, read the way a buyer, lender or insurer reads it: FAA registration, prior tail numbers keyed on the serial number, reuse of the tail number, recent registry filings, and the NTSB accident record under this and every earlier registration.

CLEARRegistration and identity

Valid registration to Lavi Natan, an individual, certificate issued November 14, 2025, expires November 30, 2032. No fractional interest recorded. [1]

NOTEAirworthiness certificate

Experimental certificate for registered before jan 31, 2008; the FAA file gives no certificate date and no manufacture year. [1]

CLEARPrior registrations of this airframe

No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 4957 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

ATTENTIONTail number reuse

N40534 was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Piper PA-23-250 (serial 27-7405270, cancelled October 21, 2004). Histories keyed to the tail number alone can mix aircraft up; this check keys on the serial number. [2]

NOTERecent registry documents

No bills of sale, loans or releases have reached the registry in recent weeks. The index covers only recent filings; older liens are in the records file. [3]

CLEARAccident and incident record

No NTSB investigation records located under N40534. CLEAR means the query ran and returned nothing, not that nothing ever happened. [4]

PENDINGTitle chain, liens and 337 forms

These live in the FAA aircraft records file (every document ever filed against the aircraft) and, for larger aircraft, the International Registry. Part of the full report.

PENDINGAirworthiness directives and utilization

AD compliance against the logbooks and flight-activity reconciliation are researched layers of the full report.

CLEAR the source was checked and shows no adverse findingATTENTION a fact a buyer or lender should understand, often routineNOTE context onlyPENDING covered by the full report
  1. FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 23, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  2. FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 23, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  3. FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 23, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  4. NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through September 30, 2026. data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

This automated check reads the public federal record. Nothing here is a legal opinion, an appraisal or a statement about the aircraft's condition; a CLEAR line is a statement about the searched record, not the aircraft.

Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 23, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data