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N8540S

Piper Aircraft Corp PA-18-150

Invalid New Jersey

N8540S is a Piper Aircraft Corp PA-18-150, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Manalapan, New Jersey. The FAA lists the registration as "registration certificate deemed ineffective or invalid" (certificate issued June 26, 2025). No airworthiness certificate is on file, which is normal for drones and for aircraft still being built or tested.

Aircraft

Maker
Piper Aircraft Corp
Model
PA-18-150
Serial number
18-8540
Type
Fixed-wing, single engine
Power
Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor
Seats
2
Year built
Not given
Transponder code
ABB89D (octal 52734235)

Registration

Status
Registration certificate deemed ineffective or invalid
Certificate issued
June 26, 2025
Expires
June 30, 2032
Last FAA action
March 13, 2026
Airworthiness
None on file
FAA region
Eastern
FAA record id
01510666

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Chalmers Ashley
Type
Individual
Address
24 Hillside Rd
Manalapan, NJ 07726-4221

Owners can ask the FAA to withhold their name and address from public files. When they do, those fields are blank here as well. How that works.

Documents on file 0

No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.

Earlier use of this number 3

2018-01-10Advanced Aviation CARRERA · Registration expired, pending cancellation
2002-07-30Air Tractor Inc AT-302 · Valid registration
1965-10-15Cessna 182H · exported to Australia · Valid registration

Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, September 25, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data