Zivko Aeronautics Inc EDGE 540
28 on the U.S. register across 5 versions the FAA records separately. Built from 1996 to 2015; half of them date from 2004 or earlier. Wyoming has the most (4). 64% are registered to companies, flight schools, clubs and other organisations; the rest to individuals, who are not named here at this time.
About the EDGE 540 from the FAA's model table
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine · Piston singles
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating), 1 engine
- Common engines
- Lycoming Aeio-540 Ser (14), Lycoming Io-540 Ser (5), Ama/Expr Unknown Eng (4)
- Seats
- 1
- Built of
- composite · A carbon-fibre wing on a steel-tube fuselage under composite skins.
- Maker on the register
- Zivko Aeronautics Inc
- Registered
- earliest certificate April 21, 2000; newest October 19, 2026
Where they are owner's state
Who owns them registrant type
By owner type, as a table
| aircraft | share | |
|---|---|---|
| Corporation | 14 | 50% |
| Individual | 7 | 25% |
| LLC | 4 | 14% |
| Co-owned | 3 | 11% |
Versions as the FAA records them · click one to list only those aircraft
| Version | Registered | Built | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| EDGE 540 | 21 | 1996 to 2015 | 75.0% |
| EDGE 540-T | 4 | 2000 to 2003 | 14.3% |
| EDGE 540V3 | 1 | 2015 | 3.6% |
| EDGE 540-TK | 1 | — | 3.6% |
| EDGE 540 RXP | 1 | 2006 | 3.6% |
When they were built by decade · 2 with no year on file
Airworthiness certificate class
By airworthiness certificate, as a table
| aircraft | share | |
|---|---|---|
| Experimental | 27 | 96% |
| None on file | 1 | 4% |
Biggest operators companies, schools and clubs
Largest fleets, as a table
Fleet pages: Southern Aircraft Consultancy INC Trustee · Plane Fun INC Tr Trustee · Aircraft Registration INC Trustee · Red Baron LLC · Qualitair LLC Trustee · Montana Aircraft Trust INC Trustee · International Air Services INC Trustee · Euroaviation INC Trustee
Accident history NTSB records · 3 cases since 1982, 3 fatal
The 3 most recent of 3 cases where the NTSB's make and model match this family's versions. Each aircraft's own page also shows its record. How this model compares with others, with the fleet taken into account: Accidents by model in Aviation Analytics.
Questions people ask answers refresh every morning
How many Zivko Aeronautics Inc EDGE 540 aircraft are registered in the U.S.?
28 as of October 23, 2026, counting 5 versions the FAA records separately.
Which state has the most Zivko Aeronautics Inc EDGE 540s?
Wyoming, with 4.
Who owns the Zivko Aeronautics Inc EDGE 540?
64% are registered to companies, flight schools, clubs and other organisations; the rest to individuals and co-owners, who are not named on this site at this time.
When were the Zivko Aeronautics Inc EDGE 540s on the register built?
Between 1996 and 2015; half of them in 2004 or earlier.
How many Zivko Aeronautics Inc EDGE 540 accidents has the NTSB recorded?
3 accidents and incidents since 1982, 3 of them fatal. A model flown more shows more; the accident analytics compare models per thousand registered.
What is the Zivko Aeronautics Inc EDGE 540 made of?
The airframe is composite: carbon fibre or glass fibre set in resin, moulded in large pieces with few joints, which gives smooth shapes but needs different inspection and repair methods from metal. A carbon-fibre wing on a steel-tube fuselage under composite skins. The FAA's type certificate data sheet is the authority for any one model.
What the FAA has certified, ordered and been told about the Zivko Aeronautics Inc EDGE 540 the component layer
The airframe is composite: carbon fibre or glass fibre set in resin, moulded in large pieces with few joints, which gives smooth shapes but needs different inspection and repair methods from metal. A carbon-fibre wing on a steel-tube fuselage under composite skins. No FAA order in the current files names this model. Operators and repair shops have filed 1 failure report with the FAA since 1996, 1 of them in the last ten years: about 3.6 a year for every 100 aircraft on the register; the system most often named is engine.
Failure reports 1 since 1996 · what operators and shops told the FAA
Failure reports by year, as a table
| reports | |
|---|---|
| 96 | 1 |
By system
Sources: the FAA's type certificate data sheets, airworthiness directives, supplemental type certificates, special conditions and special airworthiness information bulletins (Dynamic Regulatory System), and the FAA's service difficulty reports. A failure report is what an operator or repair station chose to file; the counts show reporting as much as reliability, and larger and commercial fleets report more. How the systems are grouped.
Connections how the EDGE 540 links to the rest of the register
- Zivko Aeronautics Inc 28 aircraft on the register
- Zivko Aeronautics Inc EDGE 540 21 registered
- Zivko Aeronautics Inc EDGE 540-T 4 registered
- Zivko Aeronautics Inc EDGE 540 RXP 1 registered
- Zivko Aeronautics Inc EDGE 540-TK 1 registered
- Zivko Aeronautics Inc EDGE 540V3 1 registered
- Built of composite · A carbon-fibre wing on a steel-tube fuselage under composite skins.
- Lycoming AEIO-540 series 14 of these aircraft · 260 hp
- Lycoming IO-540 series 5 of these aircraft · 300 hp
- Lycoming IO-540-EXP 3 of these aircraft · 330 hp
- Lycoming YAEIO-540 1 of these aircraft · 300 hp
- Wyoming 4 of these aircraft
- California 4 of these aircraft
- Delaware 3 of these aircraft
- Georgia 2 of these aircraft
- Virginia 1 of these aircraft
- Southern Aircraft Consultancy INC Trustee 4 of these aircraft
- Plane Fun INC Tr Trustee 2 of these aircraft
- Aircraft Registration INC Trustee 2 of these aircraft
- Red Baron LLC 1 of these aircraft
- Qualitair LLC Trustee 1 of these aircraft
- NTSB accidents and incidents involving the EDGE 540 3 cases since 1982 · 3 fatal
- FAA filings this year on these aircraft 6 filings · 6 bill of sale
- Failure reports filed on the EDGE 540 1 reports since 1995
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/model/zivko-aeronautics-inc/edge-540.json.
Aircraft newest certificates first · 28
| Tail no. | Maker and model | Owner and base | Certificate | Registered | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N540TA | Zivko Aeronautics Inc EDGE 540-T |
Montana Aircraft Trust INC Trustee Bozeman, Montana |
Experimental | 2026-10-19 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N822MG | Zivko Aeronautics Inc EDGE 540 |
Individual owner California |
Experimental | 2026-08-05 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N4767 | Zivko Aeronautics Inc EDGE 540 |
Southern Aircraft Consultancy INC Trustee Casper, Wyoming |
Experimental | 2026-02-26 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N26VE | Zivko Aeronautics Inc EDGE 540 |
Southern Aircraft Consultancy INC Trustee Casper, Wyoming |
Experimental | 2026-02-21 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N540HA | Zivko Aeronautics Inc EDGE 540 |
Southern Aircraft Consultancy INC Trustee Casper, Wyoming |
Experimental | 2026-02-20 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N31YM | Zivko Aeronautics Inc EDGE 540 |
Southern Aircraft Consultancy INC Trustee Casper, Wyoming |
Experimental | 2026-02-12 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N540BM | Zivko Aeronautics Inc EDGE 540 |
International Air Services INC Trustee Carson City, Nevada |
Experimental | 2026-01-21 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N540WS | Zivko Aeronautics Inc EDGE 540 |
Individual owner Virginia |
Experimental | 2025-12-05 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N721MD | Zivko Aeronautics Inc EDGE 540 |
Qualitair LLC Trustee Michelstadt, |
Experimental | 2025-07-22 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N921TT | Zivko Aeronautics Inc EDGE 540-T |
Red Baron LLC Middletown, Delaware |
Experimental | 2025-03-01 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N540BF | Zivko Aeronautics Inc EDGE 540 RXP |
Co-owned owner Iowa |
Experimental | 2024-11-26 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N513AG | Zivko Aeronautics Inc EDGE 540 |
Plane Fun INC Tr Trustee Snellville, Georgia |
Experimental | 2024-03-19 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N541HA | Zivko Aeronautics Inc EDGE 540 |
Euroaviation INC Trustee Kematen, |
Experimental | 2023-10-16 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N22ZE | Zivko Aeronautics Inc EDGE 540 |
Individual owner California |
Experimental | 2023-05-17 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N540SG | Zivko Aeronautics Inc EDGE 540 |
Co-owned owner Alaska |
Experimental | 2022-12-20 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N540RC | Zivko Aeronautics Inc EDGE 540-T |
Individual owner Texas |
Experimental | 2022-09-21 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N540DT | Zivko Aeronautics Inc EDGE 540 |
Individual owner Arizona |
Experimental | 2022-01-12 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N544AR | Zivko Aeronautics Inc EDGE 540 |
Aircraft Registration INC Trustee Kematen, |
Experimental | 2021-12-27 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N806PB | Zivko Aeronautics Inc EDGE 540V3 |
Aircraft Registration INC Trustee Kematen, |
Experimental | 2021-09-03 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N703RD | Zivko Aeronautics Inc EDGE 540 |
Coleman Racing LLC Shreveport, Louisiana |
Experimental | 2021-08-25 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N540MD | Zivko Aeronautics Inc EDGE 540 |
Plane Fun INC Tr Trustee Snellville, Georgia |
Experimental | 2020-11-12 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N540WA | Zivko Aeronautics Inc EDGE 540 |
Co-owned owner California |
Experimental | 2020-09-23 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N540HT | Zivko Aeronautics Inc EDGE 540 |
Individual owner District of Columbia |
Experimental | 2019-03-22 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N540AW | Zivko Aeronautics Inc EDGE 540 |
Individual owner California |
Experimental | 2014-08-28 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N425NM | Zivko Aeronautics Inc EDGE 540-T |
425Nm INC Denver, Colorado |
Experimental | 2013-06-18 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N540TS | Zivko Aeronautics Inc EDGE 540-TK |
Aircraft Guaranty CORP Trustee Oklahoma City, Oklahoma |
None on file | 2011-08-29 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N423KC | Zivko Aeronautics Inc EDGE 540 |
Knc #1 LLC Wilmington, Delaware |
Experimental | 2009-01-15 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N111DW | Zivko Aeronautics Inc EDGE 540 |
Lumcavok Aviation 1 INC Middletown, Delaware |
Experimental | 2000-04-21 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |