{"airworthiness_class":"Experimental","airworthiness_date":"2002-05-21","airworthiness_ops":"Exhibition","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"2022-09-21","city":"UVALDE","country_code":"US","county_code":"463","cruise_speed_mph":null,"data_date":"2026-10-02","documents":[],"eng_mfr_mdl":"41568","engine_horsepower":260,"engine_maker":"LYCOMING","engine_model":"AEIO-540 SER","engine_thrust_lb":0,"expiration_date":"2029-09-30","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":0,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"piston-singles","kit_mfr":"ZIVKO AERONAUTICS INC","kit_model":"EDGE-540","last_action_date":"2023-09-02","maker":"Zivko Aeronautics Inc","maker_country":null,"maker_raw":"ZIVKO AERONAUTICS INC","maker_segment":null,"mfr_mdl_code":"05607SQ","mode_s_code":"51554546","mode_s_hex":"A6D966","model":"EDGE 540-T","n_number":"N540RC","name":"HUFFSTUTLER STEPHEN C","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"King City","damage":"SUBS","date":"2003-11-11","highest_injury":"SERS","ntsb_no":"LAX04LA039","probable_cause":"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.","registration":"N540RC","state":"CA","summary":"Accident on November 11, 2003 at King City, CA: serious injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":1,"other_names":"","plain_english":"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.","records_check":[{"finding":"Valid registration to Huffstutler Stephen C, an individual, certificate issued September 21, 2022, expires September 30, 2029. No fractional interest recorded.","item":"Registration and identity","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"Experimental certificate for exhibition, dated May 21, 2002, consistent with the 2002 manufacture year.","item":"Airworthiness certificate","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 2014 for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"No other airframe has carried N540RC according to the deregistered file.","item":"Tail number reuse","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"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.","item":"Recent registry documents","source":3,"status":"NOTE"},{"finding":"1 NTSB record under N540RC: Accident on November 11, 2003 at King City, CA: serious injuries, substantial damage. Details below.","item":"Accident and incident record","source":4,"status":"ATTENTION"},{"finding":"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.","item":"Title chain, liens and 337 forms","source":null,"status":"PENDING"},{"finding":"AD compliance against the logbooks and flight-activity reconciliation are researched layers of the full report.","item":"Airworthiness directives and utilization","source":null,"status":"PENDING"}],"records_check_sources":[{"n":1,"name":"FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file","url":"https://registry.faa.gov/"},{"n":2,"name":"FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download)","url":"https://registry.faa.gov/"},{"n":3,"name":"FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks","url":"https://registry.faa.gov/"},{"n":4,"name":"NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL)","url":"https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search"}],"region":"Southwestern","region_code":"2","registrant_type":"Individual","registrant_type_code":"1","seats":1,"serial_number":"2014","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"TX","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"125 COTTONWOOD","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Fixed-wing, single engine","type_aircraft_code":"4","type_engine":"Piston (reciprocating)","type_engine_code":"1","unique_id":"00764057","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N540RC","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":2002,"zip":"788016805"}