{"airworthiness_class":"Experimental","airworthiness_date":"2008-04-04","airworthiness_ops":"Exhibition","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"2001-07-12","city":"ROSSVILLE","country_code":"US","county_code":"047","cruise_speed_mph":null,"data_date":"2026-10-02","documents":[],"eng_mfr_mdl":"41788","engine_horsepower":300,"engine_maker":"LYCOMING","engine_model":"IO-540-S1A5","engine_thrust_lb":0,"expiration_date":"2027-10-31","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":1,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"piston-singles","kit_mfr":"","kit_model":"","last_action_date":"2023-02-25","maker":"Grahn J/Grahn G","maker_country":null,"maker_raw":"GRAHN J/GRAHN G","maker_segment":null,"mfr_mdl_code":"72216A3","mode_s_code":"51554574","mode_s_hex":"A6D97C","model":"PITTS S2S","n_number":"N540S","name":"CODE SUPPLIES INC","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"Rifle","damage":"SUBS","date":"2009-08-13","highest_injury":"NONE","ntsb_no":"CEN09CA520","probable_cause":"The pilot's excessive landing speed and subsequent excessive brake application which resulted in a loss of control and impact with an airport sign.","registration":"N540S","state":"CO","summary":"Accident on August 13, 2009 at Rifle, CO: no injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"},{"city":"WALLACE","damage":"SUBS","date":"1997-06-11","highest_injury":"SERS","ntsb_no":"SEA97LA136","probable_cause":"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.","registration":"N540S","state":"ID","summary":"Accident on June 11, 1997 at Wallace, ID: serious injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":1,"other_names":"","plain_english":"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.","records_check":[{"finding":"Valid registration to Code Supplies INC, a corporation, certificate issued July 12, 2001, expires October 31, 2027. No fractional interest recorded.","item":"Registration and identity","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"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.","item":"Airworthiness certificate date","source":1,"status":"ATTENTION"},{"finding":"No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 009 for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"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.","item":"Tail number reuse","source":2,"status":"ATTENTION"},{"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":"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.","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":"Central","region_code":"3","registrant_type":"Corporation","registrant_type_code":"3","seats":2,"serial_number":"009","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"TN","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"1775 YANCEY RD","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Fixed-wing, single engine","type_aircraft_code":"4","type_engine":"Piston (reciprocating)","type_engine_code":"1","unique_id":"00932334","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N540S","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":1979,"zip":"380663020"}