# N540LK: 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: March 5, 2022
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=540LK
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N540LK

## Aircraft that carried N540LK

- [Cancelled 2022-03-05](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N540LK-2022-03-05): Escobar Luis E TEAM ROCKETS F1, S/N 021, built 2014. Registration expired, pending cancellation. Owner: [Escobar Luis E](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/ESCOBAR%20LUIS%20E), [San Marcos, TX](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/TX/San%20Marcos)

## NTSB investigations on N540LK (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 CEN20LA419](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN20LA419), Sep 25, 2020: Team Rockets F1 (N540LK), San Marcos, TX, destroyed. Probable cause: The F1 pilot’s failure to see and avoid the lower altitude Cessna while on final approach for landing. Contributing to the accident were the restrictions to pilot visibility inherent to low- and…

## FAA accident and incident reports on N540LK (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 20200924022231A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200924022231A), Sep 24, 2020: Escobar Luis E TEAM ROCKETS F1 (N540LK), San Marcos, TX, Destroyed. Aircraft (a) N108VK - CFI was instructing student mostly on pattern work and landings along with a few other maneuvers that were covered on the way over to…

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