# N4540L: not currently registered

- Registered now: No (not in the FAA registry file). The mark may be reserved or free to assign
- Earlier aircraft: 1
- Last cancelled: July 13, 2022
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=4540L
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4540L

## Aircraft that carried N4540L

- [Cancelled 2022-07-13](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4540L-2022-07-13): Grumman American Avn. AA-5B, S/N AA5B1307, built 1979. Registration pending, canceled. Owner: [Quakertown, PA](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/PA/Quakertown)

## NTSB investigations on N4540L (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB ERA09CA034](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA09CA034), Nov 1, 2008: Grumman American Avn. AA-5B (N4540L), Bridgeport, CT, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's loss of directional control during landing and while suffering symptoms of vertigo.

## FAA accident and incident reports on N4540L (2)

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [Accident 20081101853189A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20081101853189A), Nov 1, 2008: Amrgen AA5B (N4540L), Bridgeport, CT, Substantial damage. During landing on runway 6 at kbdr, the aircraft drifted left after touchdown and struck the runway abatement sign. It came to rest in the tall weeds between…
- [Incident 19910922048609I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910922048609I), Sep 22, 1991: Gulstm AA5B (N4540L), East Haddam, CT, Minor damage. On a downwind landing the left brake failed. Aircraft veered off end of runway. Struck a post. Gear broke off.

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