Single-engine piston

N8040Z

1980 Homebuilt S.E. 5A

Registered No accidents on file
Built
1980
Serial
072040
Class
Single-engine piston
Engines
Lycoming O-235 series
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registered owner
Zilinsky Robert F + 1 co-owner (Partnership)
Based
Willowbrook, IL
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Registration record

N8040Z on the FAA register

Type
1980 Homebuilt S.E. 5A
Serial
072040
Engines
Lycoming O-235 series
Registered owner
Zilinsky Robert F + 1 co-owner
Willowbrook, IL
Certificate issued
2008-11-25
Airworthiness date
1981-04-27
Registration expires
2028-11-30
Airworthiness class
Experimental · amateur-built
Mode S (hex)
AAF329
Mode S (octal)
52571451
Seats (type)
1
Weight class
up to 12,499 lb
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registry history

Timeline

  • 2028-11-30
    Registration expires (renewal due).
  • 2008-11-25
    Certificate of registration issued as N8040Z.
  • 1981-04-27
    Airworthiness date on the current FAA record (experimental category (amateur-built)).
  • 1980
    Manufactured (1980).
Overview

About N8040Z

N8040Z is a 1980 Homebuilt S.E. 5A, serial number 072040. The FAA register lists Zilinsky Robert F + 1 co-owner as the registrant in Willowbrook, Illinois. The current certificate of registration was issued on November 25, 2008 and expires on November 30, 2028.

The FAA aircraft reference file describes the type as a single-engine piston, one Lycoming O-235 series engine and 1 seats. Its airworthiness certificate is experimental category (amateur-built), dated April 27, 1981.

No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices are on file for this airframe as N8040Z. 1 earlier record involves a different aircraft that carried the same N-number.

Safety record

Accident & incident history

1982-07-24 Accident · Bolingbrook, IL Damage: Destroyed Serious injury NTSB · CHI82DA270
Reported aircraft: Austin S.E. 5A — a different aircraft that carried the N8040Z 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.