# N8540Z: 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: October 5, 2017
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=8540Z
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8540Z

## Aircraft that carried N8540Z

- [Cancelled 2017-10-05](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8540Z-2017-10-05): North American-Medore SNJ-5, S/N 88-13585-1, built 1988. Exported to Denmark. Owner: [Westrum Enterprises Inc](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/WESTRUM%20ENTERPRISES%20INC), [Norwalk, IA](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/IA/Norwalk)

## NTSB investigations on N8540Z (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 LAX94LA368](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX94LA368), Sep 18, 1994: North American SNJ-5 (N8540Z), Reno, NV, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: that the pilot of the other airplane misjudged the distance between the airplanes. The other airplane pilot's diverted attention to the air race is a factor in this accident.

## FAA accident and incident reports on N8540Z (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 19940918047241A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940918047241A), Sep 18, 1994: Namer SNJ5 (N8540Z), Reno, NV, Destroyed, 1 fatal. During air race overtook and struck N7404C with his left wing from below came apart in air. Spun into a residence.
- [Incident 19870404014369I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870404014369I), Apr 4, 1987: Namer SNJ5 (N8540Z), Bozeman, MT, Minor damage. Aircraft ground looped during normal landing. Fouind defective tail wheel lock.

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