Grahn J/Grahn G PITTS S2S
N540S is a Grahn J/Grahn G PITTS S2S, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1979. It has 2 seats. It is registered to Code Supplies INC, a corporation in Rossville, Tennessee. The registration is valid: it was issued on July 12, 2001 and expires on October 31, 2027. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for exhibition, dated April 4, 2008.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Grahn J/Grahn G
- Model
- PITTS S2S
- Serial number
- 009
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Lycoming IO-540-S1A5 · 300 hp
- Seats
- 2
- Year built
- 1979
- Transponder code
- A6D97C (octal 51554574)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- July 12, 2001
- Expires
- October 31, 2027
- Last FAA action
- February 25, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Experimental · Exhibition · April 4, 2008
- FAA region
- Central
- FAA record id
- 00932334
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Code Supplies INC
- Type
- Corporation
- Address
- 1775 Yancey Rd
Rossville, TN 38066-3020
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Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
Earlier use of this number 1
Records check free · 3 to understand · 2 clear
The public federal record on N540S, 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 Code Supplies INC, a corporation, certificate issued July 12, 2001, expires October 31, 2027. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
The airworthiness certificate on file is dated April 4, 2008, 29 years after the 1979 manufacture year. A re-issued certificate commonly follows export and re-import, a rebuild, or a return to the register after cancellation. The cause is documented in the FAA aircraft records file, which the full report obtains. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 009 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N540S was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Staudacher Jon A S 260-2 (serial 002, cancelled December 9, 1998). Histories keyed to the tail number alone can mix aircraft up; this check keys on the serial number. [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 N540S: Accident on August 13, 2009 at Rifle, CO: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on June 11, 1997 at Wallace, ID: serious 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: Grahn J/Grahn G PITTS S2S · operated under 091
The pilot's excessive landing speed and subsequent excessive brake application which resulted in a loss of control and impact with an airport sign.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for CEN09CA520 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Staudacher S-260-2 · operated under 091
the pilot's improper planning/decision, which resulted in his failure to maintain adequate altitude/distance from wooded terrain during a low-altitude course reversal. Related factors include mountainous/hilly terrain, blind canyon, low ceiling, and trees in the flight path of the aircraft.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for SEA97LA136 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
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 2, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data