Midsize jet

N540W

2024 Gulfstream GVIII-G700

Registered No accidents on file
Built
2024
Serial
87027
Class
Midsize jet
Engines
2 × Rolls Deut BR700-730B214
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registered owner
Wilmington Trust Co Trustee (Corporation)
Based
Wilmington, DE
Registration record

N540W on the FAA register

Type
2024 Gulfstream GVIII-G700
Serial
87027
Engines
2 × Rolls Deut BR700-730B214
Registered owner
Wilmington Trust Co Trustee
Wilmington, DE
Certificate issued
2025-02-07
Airworthiness date
2024-09-14
Registration expires
2032-02-29
Airworthiness class
Standard · transport
Mode S (hex)
A6D9E0
Mode S (octal)
51554740
Seats (type)
9
Weight class
20,000 lb and over
Range (type)
7,750 nm
Cruise (type)
488 kt
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registry history

Timeline

  • 2032-02-29
    Registration expires (renewal due).
  • 2025-02-07
    Certificate of registration issued as N540W to the current registrant.
  • 2024-09-14
    Airworthiness date on the current FAA record (standard category (transport)).
  • 1988-11-25
    N540W previously assigned to a Cessna 414 (s/n 4140540); cancelled.
  • 1963-02-08
    N540W previously assigned to a Piper Cherokee 140/160 / Cherokee 160 (s/n 28-304); cancelled.
Overview

About N540W

N540W is a 2024 Gulfstream GVIII-G700, serial number 87027. The FAA register lists Wilmington Trust Co Trustee as the registrant in Wilmington, Delaware. The current certificate of registration was issued on February 7, 2025 and expires on February 29, 2032.

The FAA aircraft reference file describes the type as a midsize jet, two Rolls Deut BR700-730B214 engines and 9 seats. Published figures for the type give a cruise speed of about 488 knots and a range of about 7,750 nm; actual performance depends on configuration, load and conditions. Its airworthiness certificate is standard category (transport), dated September 14, 2024.

No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices are on file for this airframe as N540W. 1 earlier record involves a different aircraft that carried the same N-number.

Cruise
488 kt
Range
7,750 nm
Takeoff over 50 ft
6,250 ft
Landing over 50 ft
2,680 ft
Fuel burn
478 gph

Published figures for the Gulfstream GVIII-G700 type. They describe the model, not this airframe's equipment or condition.

Safety record

Accident & incident history

1967-06-25 Accident · North Adams,Mass, 21 Damage: Destroyed NTSB · 2 0813
Reported aircraft: Piper PA-28 — a different aircraft that carried the N540W registration before this airframe.

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.