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A Diamond Aircraft DA 40 Diamond Star, the same model family as N208DS
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N208DS

Diamond Aircraft DA 40

ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codesElectric airplanePennsylvania
Records check, free: 1 to understand, 4 clearWhere is it now

N208DS is a Diamond Aircraft DA 40, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 2005. It has 4 seats. It is registered to Mcshane Family Aviation LLC, an LLC in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. The registration is valid: it was issued on September 10, 2025 and expires on September 30, 2032. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal; utility, dated November 18, 2005. 1 document is on file: loan release.

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Aircraft

Maker
Diamond Aircraft (Austria)
FAA spelling: DIAMOND AIRCRAFT IND INC
Model
DA 40 · all DA 40s and related versions
Built of
composite
The airframe is composite: carbon fibre or glass fibre set in resin, moulded in large pieces with few joints, which gives smooth shapes but needs different inspection and repair methods from metal. This is how the Diamond Aircraft DA 40 Diamond Star family is built; the FAA does not record construction for each aircraft, and the type certificate data sheet is the authority for this one.
Serial number
40.587
Type
Fixed-wing, single engineFAA type of aircraft code 4 (the FAA's broad category for the airframe). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Power
Piston (reciprocating)FAA type of engine code 1 (what powers it, as the FAA classes engines). Every aircraft with this code · All codes, 1 motor · Lycoming IO-360-M1A+ · 180 hp
Fuel
100LL avgas
Seats
4
Year built
2005
Transponder code
A1B017 (octal 50330027)

Registration

Status
Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Certificate issued
September 10, 2025
Expires
September 30, 2032
Last FAA action
September 10, 2025
Airworthiness
StandardFAA airworthiness class code 1 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). Every aircraft with this code · All codes · Normal; UtilityFAA certificate purpose code NU (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · November 18, 2005
FAA region
EasternFAA region code 1 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
FAA record id
00216599

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Mcshane Family Aviation LLC
Type
LLCFAA type of owner code 7 (who holds the registration: a person, a company, a trust or a government body). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Address
3601 Vartan Way
Harrisburg, PA 17110-9440

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Documents on file 1

2026-10-06Loan release

Earlier use of this number 1

1995-12-29Bell 212 · exported to Canada · Valid registration

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Records check free · 1 to understand · 4 clear

The public federal record on N208DS, read the way a buyer, lender or insurer reads it: FAA registration, prior tail numbers keyed on the serial number, reuse of the tail number, recent registry filings, and the NTSB accident record under this and every earlier registration.

CLEARRegistration and identity

Valid registration to Mcshane Family Aviation LLC, an LLC, certificate issued September 10, 2025, expires September 30, 2032. No fractional interest recorded. [1]

CLEARAirworthiness certificate

Standard certificate for normal; utility, dated November 18, 2005, consistent with the 2005 manufacture year. [1]

CLEARPrior registrations of this airframe

No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 40.587 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

ATTENTIONTail number reuse

N208DS was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Bell 212 (serial 30618, cancelled December 29, 1995). Histories keyed to the tail number alone can mix aircraft up; this check keys on the serial number. [2]

NOTERecent registry documents

1 document received recently: Loan release (October 6, 2026). [3]

CLEARAccident and incident record

No NTSB investigation records located under N208DS. CLEAR means the query ran and returned nothing, not that nothing ever happened. [4]

PENDINGTitle chain, liens and 337 forms

These live in the FAA aircraft records file (every document ever filed against the aircraft) and, for larger aircraft, the International Registry. Part of the full report.

PENDINGAirworthiness directives and utilization

AD compliance against the logbooks and flight-activity reconciliation are researched layers of the full report.

CLEAR the source was checked and shows no adverse findingATTENTION a fact a buyer or lender should understand, often routineNOTE context onlyPENDING covered by the full report
  1. FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of November 3, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  2. FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of November 3, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  3. FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of November 3, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  4. NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through October 28, 2026. data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

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Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, November 3, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data