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A Diamond Aircraft DA 40 Diamond Star, the same model family as N842LA
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N842LA

Diamond Aircraft DA 40 NG

ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codesElectric airplaneCalifornia
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N842LA is a Diamond Aircraft DA 40 NG, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 2021. It has 5 seats. It is registered to Tribal Aviation LLC, an LLC in San Carlos, California. The registration is valid: it was issued on June 29, 2021 and expires on June 30, 2028. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated April 15, 2021.

Diamond Aircraft: eDA40 electric trainer, Austria

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Aircraft

Maker
Diamond Aircraft (Austria)
FAA spelling: DIAMOND AIRCRAFT IND INC
Model
DA 40 NG · all DA 40 NGs 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.NC132
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 · Austro E4-A · 168 hp
Seats
5
Year built
2021
Transponder code
AB8842 (octal 52704102)

Registration

Status
Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Certificate issued
June 29, 2021
Expires
June 30, 2028
Last FAA action
May 19, 2023
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 · NormalFAA certificate purpose code N (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · April 15, 2021
FAA region
Western-PacificFAA region code 4 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
FAA record id
01339781

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Tribal 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
1978 Carmelita Dr
San Carlos, CA 94070-2953

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Documents on file 0

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

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The public federal record on N842LA, 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 Tribal Aviation LLC, an LLC, certificate issued June 29, 2021, expires June 30, 2028. No fractional interest recorded. [1]

CLEARAirworthiness certificate

Standard certificate for normal, dated April 15, 2021, consistent with the 2021 manufacture year. [1]

CLEARPrior registrations of this airframe

No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 40.NC132 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

CLEARTail number reuse

No other airframe has carried N842LA according to the deregistered file. [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 N842LA: Accident on October 17, 1996 at Mesa, AZ: minor injuries, substantial damage. 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

LAX97LA021Accident on October 17, 1996 at Mesa, AZ: minor injuries, substantial damage.serial on NTSB record: 0020E

Aircraft on the NTSB record: Mcdonnell Douglas 369E · operated under 091

the selection of an unsuitable landing area by the flight instructor (CFI). Factors relating to the accident were: soft/wet terrain in the selected landing area, and the crosswind condition.

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 28, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  2. FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 28, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  3. FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 28, 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 28, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data