Zivko Aeronautics Inc EDGE 540-T
N540RC is a Zivko Aeronautics Inc EDGE 540-T, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 2002. It has 1 seat. It is registered to an individual in Uvalde, Texas. The registration is valid: it was issued on September 21, 2022 and expires on September 30, 2029. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for exhibition, dated May 21, 2002.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Zivko Aeronautics Inc
- Model
- EDGE 540-T · all EDGE 540-Ts and related versions
- Serial number
- 2014
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Lycoming AEIO-540 SER · 260 hp
- Seats
- 1
- Year built
- 2002
- Kit
- ZIVKO AERONAUTICS INC EDGE-540
- Transponder code
- A6D966 (octal 51554546)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- September 21, 2022
- Expires
- September 30, 2029
- Last FAA action
- September 2, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Experimental · Exhibition · May 21, 2002
- FAA region
- Southwestern
- FAA record id
- 00764057
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Huffstutler Stephen C
- Type
- Individual
- Address
- 125 Cottonwood
Uvalde, TX 78801-6805
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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 N540RC, 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 Huffstutler Stephen C, an individual, certificate issued September 21, 2022, expires September 30, 2029. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Experimental certificate for exhibition, dated May 21, 2002, consistent with the 2002 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 2014 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N540RC 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]
1 NTSB record under N540RC: Accident on November 11, 2003 at King City, CA: serious injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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AD compliance against the logbooks and flight-activity reconciliation are researched layers of the full report.
NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Zivko Edge 540-T · operated under 091
The after market manufacturer's improper application of a crankshaft , which exceeded the original manufacturer's intended use. A factor in the accident was the oil covering the windscreen, which restricted the pilot's ability to see.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for LAX04LA039 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