{"airworthiness_class":"","airworthiness_date":"","airworthiness_ops":"","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"2025-06-26","city":"MANALAPAN","country_code":"US","county_code":"025","cruise_speed_mph":null,"data_date":"2026-10-02","documents":[],"eng_mfr_mdl":"","engine_horsepower":null,"engine_maker":"","engine_model":"","engine_thrust_lb":null,"expiration_date":"2032-06-30","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":0,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"piston-singles","kit_mfr":"","kit_model":"","last_action_date":"2026-03-13","maker":"Piper Aircraft Corp","maker_country":null,"maker_raw":"PIPER AIRCRAFT CORP","maker_segment":null,"mfr_mdl_code":"7104221","mode_s_code":"52734235","mode_s_hex":"ABB89D","model":"PA-18-150","n_number":"N8540S","name":"CHALMERS ASHLEY","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[],"num_engines":1,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N8540S is a Piper Aircraft Corp PA-18-150, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Manalapan, New Jersey. The FAA lists the registration as \"registration certificate deemed ineffective or invalid\" (certificate issued June 26, 2025). No airworthiness certificate is on file, which is normal for drones and for aircraft still being built or tested.","records_check":[{"finding":"Registration status is \"Registration certificate deemed ineffective or invalid\". An aircraft cannot be operated on an invalid or expired registration; resolve this with the FAA before any transaction.","item":"Registration and identity","source":1,"status":"ATTENTION"},{"finding":"No airworthiness certificate is on file. Usual for a newly registered aircraft, a project, or an aircraft that has not flown since a change of registration; ask for the certificate.","item":"Airworthiness certificate","source":1,"status":"ATTENTION"},{"finding":"No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 18-8540 for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"N8540S was previously assigned to 3 other aircraft: Advanced Aviation CARRERA (serial 0174, cancelled January 10, 2018); Air Tractor Inc AT-302 (serial 302-0139, cancelled July 30, 2002); Cessna 182H (serial 18256640, cancelled October 15, 1965). 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":"No NTSB investigation records located under N8540S. CLEAR means the query ran and returned nothing, not that nothing ever happened.","item":"Accident and incident record","source":4,"status":"CLEAR"},{"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":"Eastern","region_code":"1","registrant_type":"Individual","registrant_type_code":"1","seats":2,"serial_number":"18-8540","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"NJ","status":"Registration certificate deemed ineffective or invalid","status_code":"W","status_short":"Invalid","street":"24 HILLSIDE RD","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Fixed-wing, single engine","type_aircraft_code":"4","type_engine":"Piston (reciprocating)","type_engine_code":"1","unique_id":"01510666","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N8540S","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":null,"zip":"077264221"}