# N540W: 2024 Gulfstream Aerospace GVIII-G700 - Status: Valid registration - Airframe: [Gulfstream Aerospace GVIII-G700](https://openairdocs.org/model/gulfstream-aerospace-gviii-g700) (registry code 3980221, 9 seats) - Engine: [Rolls-Royce Deutschland BR700-730B214](https://openairdocs.org/engine/rolls-royce-deutschland-br700-730b214) (registry code 54237) - Data sheets: [TCDS T00015AT](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/T00015AT) (Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation), [TCDS E00099EN](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/E00099EN) (Rolls-Royce Deutschland Ltd & Co KG) (OpenAirDocs) - Serial number: 87027 - Year built: 2024 - Type: Fixed wing multi engine - Engine type: Turbo-fan - Airworthiness: Standard, transport - Airworthiness date: September 14, 2024 - Certificate issued: February 7, 2025 - Expires: February 29, 2032 - Mode S code: A6D9E0 - Registered owner: [Wilmington Trust Co Trustee](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/WILMINGTON%20TRUST%20CO%20TRUSTEE) - Location: [Wilmington, DE](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/DE/Wilmington) - Owner type: Corporation - Owner's area on the map: 39.7357° N, 75.5321° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Wilmington, DE, within about 2 miles (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft is based - FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=540W - Page: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N540W From the FAA registry file of October 24, 2026. ADs below are matched by the registry's airframe and engine model codes. They may apply; each AD's applicability can narrow it by serial number, part number or installed equipment. This is not a compliance determination. ## ADs that may apply (OpenAirDocs): 2 in force ### Matched by airframe (Gulfstream Aerospace GVIII-G700) - [AD 2026-13-51](https://openairdocs.org/ad/2026-13-51): Power Plant · Gulfstream Aerospace GVIII-G700 and GVIII-G800. Effective Jul 17, 2026 - [AD 2026-13-02](https://openairdocs.org/ad/2026-13-02): Navigation · Airbus Canada Limited Partnership 18, 49-46, 80-A and 555 more. Effective Jul 1, 2026 ### Matched by engine (Rolls-Royce Deutschland BR700-730B214) None in force. ## Information bulletins (advisory) None matched. ## NTSB investigations None matched to N540W. ## NTSB investigations on N540W not matched to an aircraft (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 NYC67A0188](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC67A0188), Jun 25, 1967: Piper PA-28 (N540W), North Adams, MA, destroyed, 2 fatal ## FAA accident and incident reports None matched to N540W. ## Service difficulty reports None filed for this aircraft. Matched to this aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model. ## Service difficulty reports on N540W not matched to an aircraft (2) They name N540W, but no registry record covers the date, the aircraft registered then was built later, or the report describes another aircraft. - [SDR 97ZZZX778](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/97ZZZX778), Dec 19, 1996: SERVO VALVE. MISADJUSTED. NOSE WHEEL STEERING SYSTEM KEPT TRIPPING OFF LINE. UPON EXTENSIVE TROUBLESHOOTING, FOUND NWS SERVO VALVE WAS CAUSING MALFUNCTION. ALSO, WHEN SYSTEM WOULD TRIP O - [SDR 97ZZZX777](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/97ZZZX777), Dec 19, 1996: STARTER. DEFECTIVE. DURING 300 HR STARTER OIL LEVEL CHECK, OIL WAS FOUND TO BE BLACK IN COLOR. SUSPECT BAD BEARINGS. REMOVED AND REPLACED STARTER, SYSTEM OPERATES NORMALLY. ## STCs that may be installed (OpenAirDocs) (8) Approved for this aircraft's airframe or engine model, in force first, then newest. The registry doesn't record which STCs an aircraft has; its records do. ### Approved for the airframe (Gulfstream Aerospace GVIII-G700) - [STC ST12243IB](https://openairdocs.org/stc/ST12243IB): Installation of a VVIP cabin interior. Jet Aviation AG - [STC ST04570AT](https://openairdocs.org/stc/ST04570AT): Installation of SpaceX Starlink Aviation System. Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation - [STC ST04351AT-D](https://openairdocs.org/stc/ST04351AT-D): Installation of an Air Ionization System. Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation - [STC ST04539AT](https://openairdocs.org/stc/ST04539AT): Installation of Satellite TV System. Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation - [STC ST04347AT-D](https://openairdocs.org/stc/ST04347AT-D): Installation of Satcom Direct Plane Simple System. Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation - [STC ST00892LA](https://openairdocs.org/stc/ST00892LA): Installation of Emergency Vision Assurance System (EVAS). VisionSafe LLC - [STC ST04350AT-D](https://openairdocs.org/stc/ST04350AT-D): Installation of an Airplane Interior. Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation - [STC ST11981IB](https://openairdocs.org/stc/ST11981IB): Installation of a VVIP Cabin Interior. Jet Aviation AG ## Earlier aircraft with N540W The FAA can reassign an N-number once a registration is cancelled. These aircraft carried N540W before. - [Cancelled 1988-11-25](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N540W-1988-11-25): Cessna 414, S/N 4140540. N-number assigned, not yet registered - [Cancelled 1963-02-08](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N540W-1963-02-08): Piper PA-28, S/N 28-304. Owner: [40 West Flying Club Inc](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/40%20WEST%20FLYING%20CLUB%20INC), [Ellicott City, MD](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/MD/Ellicott%20City) ## Related - Other Gulfstream Aerospace GVIII-G700 aircraft: https://openairdocs.org/model/gulfstream-aerospace-gviii-g700/aircraft.md - The Rolls-Royce Deutschland BR700-730B214 engine: https://openairdocs.org/engine/rolls-royce-deutschland-br700-730b214.md --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.