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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of October 27, 2026Beech 3NM
N9540 is a Beech 3NM, a fixed-wing airplane with more than one motor with a piston engine, built in 1952. It has 10 seats. It is registered to an individual in Saint Helena, California. The registration is valid: it was issued on February 12, 2016 and expires on February 28, 2029. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated April 24, 1973.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Beech
- Model
- 3NM · all 3NMs and related versions
- Serial number
- CA-244
- Type
- Fixed-wing, multi-engineFAA type of aircraft code 5 (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, 2 motors · P&W R-985 SERIES · 450 hp
- Seats
- 10
- Year built
- 1952
- Cruising speed
- 153 mph
- Transponder code
- AD45DB (octal 53242733)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- February 12, 2016
- Expires
- February 28, 2029
- Last FAA action
- July 18, 2023
- Airworthiness
- StandardFAA airworthiness class code 1 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). Every aircraft with this code · All codes · NormalFAA certificate purpose code N (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · April 24, 1973
- FAA region
- Western-PacificFAA region code 4 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00644620
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Hardin Donald R
- 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
- 4500 Hardin Rd
Saint Helena, CA 94574-9600
Owners can ask the FAA to withhold their name and address from public files. When they do, those fields are blank here as well. How that works.
Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
Connections how N9540 links to the rest of the register
- Beechcraft 3 16 registered
- Beech 17,447 aircraft on the register
- Pratt & Whitney R-985 series 1,593 aircraft with this engine series · 450 hp
- Saint Helena, CA 19 aircraft registered in this town
- California 27,658 aircraft registered
- Failure reports filed on the Beechcraft 3 13 reports since 1995
- Approved modifications for the Beechcraft 3 15 supplemental type certificates
- Failure reports on the Pratt & Whitney R-985 series 80 reports since 1995
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/aircraft/N9540.json.
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The public federal record on N9540, 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 Hardin Donald R, an individual, certificate issued February 12, 2016, expires February 28, 2029. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
The airworthiness certificate on file is dated April 24, 1973, 21 years after the 1952 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 CA-244 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N9540 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 N9540: Accident on May 12, 2012 at Pope Valley, CA: minor injuries, substantial damage. Accident on October 16, 1984 at Selawik, 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 2
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Beech 3NM · operated under 091
A loss of power in one engine during takeoff, which resulted in a forced landing in a vineyard. The reason for the loss of engine power could not be determined from the available evidence.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Beech 3NM · operated under 135
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 27, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 27, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 27, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through September 30, 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 27, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data