Single-engine piston

N540LY

Homebuilt PITTS S-1-X

Registered No accidents on file
Built
—
Serial
HL3
Class
Single-engine piston
Engines
Lycoming IO-540 series
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registered owner
Plane Fun Inc Tr Trustee (Corporation)
Based
Snellville, GA
Registration record

N540LY on the FAA register

Type
Homebuilt PITTS S-1-X
Serial
HL3
Engines
Lycoming IO-540 series
Registered owner
Plane Fun Inc Tr Trustee
Snellville, GA
Certificate issued
2019-02-01
Airworthiness date
1986-04-23
Registration expires
2029-02-28
Airworthiness class
Experimental · amateur-built
Mode S (hex)
A6D8FD
Mode S (octal)
51554375
Seats (type)
1
Weight class
up to 12,499 lb
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registry history

Timeline

  • 2029-02-28
    Registration expires (renewal due).
  • 2019-02-01
    Certificate of registration issued as N540LY.
  • 1986-04-23
    Airworthiness date on the current FAA record (experimental category (amateur-built)).
Overview

About N540LY

N540LY is a Homebuilt PITTS S-1-X, serial number HL3. The FAA register lists Plane Fun Inc Tr Trustee as the registrant in Snellville, Georgia. The current certificate of registration was issued on February 1, 2019 and expires on February 28, 2029.

The FAA aircraft reference file describes the type as a single-engine piston, one Lycoming IO-540 series engine and 1 seats. Its airworthiness certificate is experimental category (amateur-built), dated April 23, 1986.

No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices are on file for N540LY.

Safety record

Accident & incident history

✓ No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices on file for N540LY.

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.