Single-engine piston

N5040L

2005 Homebuilt Arrow II

Registered No accidents on file
Built
2005
Serial
A11 1833503 TRI
Class
Single-engine piston
Engines
Hirth 3500 series
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registered owner
Individual · sign in to see
Based
Albuquerque, NM
Registration record

N5040L on the FAA register

Type
2005 Homebuilt Arrow II
Serial
A11 1833503 TRI
Engines
Hirth 3500 series
Registered owner
Individual — the name of an individual registrant is shown to signed-in users. Sign in
Albuquerque, NM
Certificate issued
2025-07-02
Airworthiness date
2005-11-16
Registration expires
2032-07-31
Airworthiness class
Experimental · light-sport
Mode S (hex)
A64B2F
Mode S (octal)
51445457
Seats (type)
2
Weight class
up to 12,499 lb
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registry history

Timeline

  • 2032-07-31
    Registration expires (renewal due).
  • 2025-07-02
    Certificate of registration issued as N5040L to the current registrant.
  • 2005-11-16
    Airworthiness date on the current FAA record (experimental category (light-sport)).
  • 2002-08-21
    N5040L previously assigned to a Lake LA 4/200 Buccaneer (s/n 497); cancelled.
Overview

About N5040L

N5040L is a 2005 Homebuilt Arrow II, serial number A11 1833503 TRI. It is registered to an individual in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The current certificate of registration was issued on July 2, 2025 and expires on July 31, 2032.

The FAA aircraft reference file describes the type as a single-engine piston, one Hirth 3500 series engine and 2 seats. Its airworthiness certificate is experimental category (light-sport), dated November 16, 2005.

No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices are on file for this airframe as N5040L. 1 earlier record involves a different aircraft that carried the same N-number.

Safety record

Accident & incident history

1996-05-09 Accident · Sunapee, NH Damage: Destroyed Fatal injury NTSB · IAD96FA074
Reported aircraft: Lake LA-4-200 — a different aircraft that carried the N5040L registration before this airframe.
Probable cause: the pilot's failure to maintain control of the airplane. Factors in this accident were: the pilot's lack of currency in type and model airplane, and not following the requirement for the pilot to have a flight instructor onboard during water landings.

Sources: NTSB aviation accident database and CAROL case system, FAA preliminary accident & incident notices. Search accident records

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Data: FAA Aircraft Registry (October 2026), including deregistered aircraft; NTSB and FAA accident data; fyiAero listing history. Individual owners' names are shown to signed-in users and street addresses are never shown. Type figures are published specifications, not this aircraft's.