Cub Crafters CC18-180
N540DM is a Cub Crafters CC18-180, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 2008. It has 2 seats. It is registered to L-Bird LLC, an LLC in Hood River, Oregon. The registration is valid: it was issued on August 17, 2018 and expires on August 31, 2028. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated May 8, 2008.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Cub Crafters
- Model
- CC18-180 · all CC18-180s and related versions
- Serial number
- CC18-0027
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Lycoming O-360-C1G · 180 hp
- Seats
- 2
- Year built
- 2008
- Transponder code
- A6D843 (octal 51554103)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- August 17, 2018
- Expires
- August 31, 2028
- Last FAA action
- June 3, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Standard · Normal · May 8, 2008
- FAA region
- Northwest Mountain
- FAA record id
- 01004998
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- L-Bird LLC
- Type
- LLC
- Address
- 1750 Country Club Rd
Hood River, OR 97031-8636
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Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
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The public federal record on N540DM, 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.
Valid registration to L-Bird LLC, an LLC, certificate issued August 17, 2018, expires August 31, 2028. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for normal, dated May 8, 2008, consistent with the 2008 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial CC18-0027 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N540DM according to the deregistered file. [2]
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]
2 NTSB records under N540DM: Accident on March 31, 2018 at Prescott, AZ: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on August 14, 1999 at Katy, TX: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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.
AD compliance against the logbooks and flight-activity reconciliation are researched layers of the full report.
NTSB records 2
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Cub Crafters CC18-180 · operated under 091
The student pilot’s failure to maintain directional control during landing after touching down with the left brake engaged. Contributing to the accident was the flight instructor’s delayed remedial action.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for GAA18CA192 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Aviat S1-11B · operated under 091
The pilot's inability to maintain directional control of the tailwheel equipped biplane following the failure of the left brake master cylinder.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for FTW99LA228 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through August 27, 2026. data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search
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Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 2, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data