Piper PA-32R-300
N8540F is a Piper PA-32R-300, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1976. It has 7 seats. It is registered to an individual in Mount Ida, Arkansas. The registration is valid: it was issued on January 2, 2018 and expires on January 31, 2028. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated December 10, 1976.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Piper
- Model
- PA-32R-300 · all PA-32R-300s and related versions
- Serial number
- 32R-7780108
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Lycoming TI0-540 SER · 310 hp
- Seats
- 7
- Year built
- 1976
- Cruising speed
- 126 mph
- Transponder code
- ABB892 (octal 52734222)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- January 2, 2018
- Expires
- January 31, 2028
- Last FAA action
- April 14, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Standard · Normal · December 10, 1976
- FAA region
- Southwestern
- FAA record id
- 00862721
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Mckenney Charles W
- Type
- Individual
- Address
- PO Box 1703
Mount Ida, AR 71957-1703
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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 · 2 to understand · 3 clear
The public federal record on N8540F, 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 Mckenney Charles W, an individual, certificate issued January 2, 2018, expires January 31, 2028. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for normal, dated December 10, 1976, consistent with the 1976 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 32R-7780108 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N8540F was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Bell 204-B (serial 2033, cancelled April 24, 1968). 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]
1 NTSB record under N8540F: Accident on March 27, 2000 at Fairbanks, AK: 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 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Piper PA-32R · operated under 135
The pilot's misjudgment of distance/altitude, and subsequent undershoot during landing. Factors in the accident were light snow precipitation, flat light conditions, snow-covered terrain, and the absence of a visual approach slope indicator.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for ANC00LA038 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