# N540FM: 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: February 7, 2018
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=540FM
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N540FM

## Aircraft that carried N540FM

- [Cancelled 2018-02-07](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N540FM-2018-02-07): Dehavilland DHC-1, S/N 189, built 1947. Registration expired, pending cancellation. Owner: [Maroney James L](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/MARONEY%20JAMES%20L), [Brookfield, WI](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/WI/Brookfield)

## NTSB investigations on N540FM (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 ERA14FA163](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA14FA163), Mar 23, 2014: Dehavilland DHC-1 (N540FM), Vonore, TN, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot’s continued visual flight rules flight into instrument meteorological conditions, which resulted in controlled flight into terrain.

## FAA accident and incident reports on N540FM (1)

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 20140323005269A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140323005269A), Mar 23, 2014: Dehavilland DHC-1 (N540FM), Vonore, TN, Destroyed, 1 fatal. The pilot of N540MF was operating the aircraft under visual flight rules from watertown, Wisconsin to canon, GA. The pilot received a weather briefing prior to…

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