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A Diamond Aircraft DA20 Katana and Eclipse, the same model family as N279AS
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N279AS

Diamond Aircraft DA20-C1

ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codesElectric airplaneTexas
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N279AS is a Diamond Aircraft DA20-C1, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 2025. It has 2 seats. It is registered to Skyline Aviation INC, a corporation in San Angelo, Texas. The registration is valid: it was issued on August 15, 2025 and expires on August 31, 2032. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for utility, dated April 25, 2025.

Diamond Aircraft: eDA40 electric trainer, Austria

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Aircraft

Maker
Diamond Aircraft (Austria)
FAA spelling: DIAMOND AIRCRAFT IND INC
Model
DA20-C1 · all DA20-C1s 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 DA20 Katana and Eclipse 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
C0780
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 · Cont Motor IO-240-B · 125 hp
Seats
2
Year built
2025
Transponder code
A2C7FC (octal 50543774)

Registration

Status
Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Certificate issued
August 15, 2025
Expires
August 31, 2032
Last FAA action
August 15, 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 · UtilityFAA certificate purpose code U (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · April 25, 2025
FAA region
SouthwesternFAA region code 2 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
FAA record id
01502565

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Skyline Aviation INC (flight school: its whole fleet and safety record)
Type
CorporationFAA type of owner code 3 (who holds the registration: a person, a company, a trust or a government body). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Address
8926 Hangar Rd
San Angelo, TX 76904-4071
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Documents on file 0

No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.

Earlier use of this number 1

2012-09-21Pilatus B4-PC11AF · Registration expired, pending cancellation

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The public federal record on N279AS, 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 Skyline Aviation INC, a corporation, certificate issued August 15, 2025, expires August 31, 2032. No fractional interest recorded. [1]

CLEARAirworthiness certificate

Standard certificate for utility, dated April 25, 2025, consistent with the 2025 manufacture year. [1]

CLEARPrior registrations of this airframe

No earlier tail number is recorded against serial C0780 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

ATTENTIONTail number reuse

N279AS was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Pilatus B4-PC11AF (serial 261, cancelled September 21, 2012). Histories keyed to the tail number alone can mix aircraft up; this check keys on the serial number. [2]

NOTERecent registry documents

No bills of sale, loans or releases have reached the registry in recent weeks. The index covers only recent filings; older liens are in the records file. [3]

ATTENTIONAccident and incident record

1 NTSB record under N279AS: Accident on May 3, 1992 at Wenatchee, WA: fatal, destroyed (1 fatal). Details below. [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.

NTSB records 1

SEA92LA089Accident on May 3, 1992 at Wenatchee, WA: fatal, destroyed (1 fatal).serial on NTSB record: 261

Aircraft on the NTSB record: Pilatus B-4 PC 11A · operated under 091

FAILURE BY THE PILOT TO MAINTAIN AIRSPEED, RESULTING IN AIRCRAFT STALL.

Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB

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 October 23, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  2. FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 23, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  3. FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 23, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  4. NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through September 30, 2026. data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

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Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 23, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data