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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of October 29, 2026Zivko 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.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Zivko Aeronautics Inc
- Model
- EDGE 540-T · all EDGE 540-Ts and related versions
- Built of
- compositeThe airframe is composite: carbon fibre or glass fibre set in resin, moulded in large pieces with few joints, which gives smooth shapes but needs different inspection and repair methods from metal. A carbon-fibre wing on a steel-tube fuselage under composite skins. This is how the Zivko Aeronautics Inc EDGE 540 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
- 2014
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engineFAA type of aircraft code 4 (the FAA's broad category for the airframe). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating)FAA type of engine code 1 (what powers it, as the FAA classes engines). Every aircraft with this code · All codes, 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 registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- September 21, 2022
- Expires
- September 30, 2029
- Last FAA action
- September 2, 2023
- 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 · ExhibitionFAA certificate purpose code 3 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · May 21, 2002
- FAA region
- SouthwesternFAA region code 2 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00764057
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Huffstutler Stephen C
- 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
- 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.
Connections how N540RC links to the rest of the register
- Zivko Aeronautics Inc EDGE 540 28 registered
- Zivko Aeronautics Inc 28 aircraft on the register
- Built of composite · as the model family is built; the register does not record it per aircraft
- Lycoming AEIO-540 series 434 aircraft with this engine series · 260 hp
- Uvalde, TX 89 aircraft registered in this town
- Garner Field · UVA
- OX Ranch Airport · 10X
- Texas 29,943 aircraft registered
- Failure reports filed on the Zivko Aeronautics Inc EDGE 540 1 reports since 1995
- FAA orders naming the Lycoming AEIO-540 series 29 airworthiness directives
- Failure reports on the Lycoming AEIO-540 series 150 reports since 1995
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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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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.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 29, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 29, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 29, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through September 30, 2026. data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search
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Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 29, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data