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Diamond Aircraft DA 40
N53SL 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 Fly for Fun Aircraft LLC, an LLC in Rockville, Maryland. The registration is valid: it was issued on July 31, 2021 and expires on July 31, 2028. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal; utility, dated May 16, 2005.
Diamond Aircraft: eDA40 electric trainer, Austria
Where is it now Last seen yesterday at 8:13 pm.
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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
- compositeThe 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
- 40.519
- 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 I0360 SER · 180 hp
- Seats
- 4
- Year built
- 2005
- Transponder code
- A6AFAF (octal 51527657)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- July 31, 2021
- Expires
- July 31, 2028
- Last FAA action
- September 15, 2026
- 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 · May 16, 2005
- FAA region
- EasternFAA region code 1 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00176929
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Fly for Fun Aircraft 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
- 4421 Haverford Dr
Rockville, MD 20853-1830
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Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
Connections how N53SL links to the rest of the register
- Diamond Aircraft DA 40 Diamond Star 1,018 registered
- Diamond Aircraft 1,876 aircraft on the register
- Built of composite · as the model family is built; the register does not record it per aircraft
- Lycoming IO-360 series 8,561 aircraft with this engine series · 180 hp
- Fly For Fun Aircraft LLC 8 aircraft in the fleet
- Holds an FAA aircraft dealer certificate · expired
- Rockville, MD 44 aircraft registered in this town
- Maryland 2,344 aircraft registered
- FAA orders naming the Diamond Aircraft DA 40 Diamond Star 24 airworthiness directives
- Failure reports filed on the Diamond Aircraft DA 40 Diamond Star 300 reports since 1995
- Approved modifications for the Diamond Aircraft DA 40 Diamond Star 121 supplemental type certificates
- FAA orders naming the Lycoming IO-360 series 42 airworthiness directives
- Failure reports on the Lycoming IO-360 series 39 reports since 1995
- Where N53SL is now · Last seen yesterday at 8:13 pm.
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The public federal record on N53SL, 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.
Valid registration to Fly for Fun Aircraft LLC, an LLC, certificate issued July 31, 2021, expires July 31, 2028. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for normal; utility, dated May 16, 2005, consistent with the 2005 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 40.519 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N53SL according to the deregistered file. [2]
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]
1 NTSB record under N53SL: Accident on March 30, 2018 at Gila Bend, AZ: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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.
AD compliance against the logbooks and flight-activity reconciliation are researched layers of the full report.
NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Diamond Aircraft Ind INC DA 40 · operated under 091
The pilot’s failure to properly set the parking brake, which resulted in an impact with a pole.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 26, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 26, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 26, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through September 30, 2026. data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search
This automated check reads the public federal record. Nothing here is a legal opinion, an appraisal or a statement about the aircraft's condition; a CLEAR line is a statement about the searched record, not the aircraft.
Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 26, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data