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A Diamond Aircraft DA20 Katana and Eclipse, the same model family as N84VV
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N84VV

Diamond Aircraft DA20-C1

ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codesElectric airplaneMontana
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N84VV is a Diamond Aircraft DA20-C1, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 2016. It has 2 seats. It is registered to Capital Affairs West LLC, an LLC in Helena, Montana. The registration is valid: it was issued on May 5, 2025 and expires on May 31, 2032. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for utility, dated July 18, 2016.

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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
C0688
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
2016
Transponder code
AB7F6F (octal 52677557)

Registration

Status
Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Certificate issued
May 5, 2025
Expires
May 31, 2032
Last FAA action
May 5, 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 · July 18, 2016
FAA region
Northwest MountainFAA region code S (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
FAA record id
01225539

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Capital Affairs West 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
415 N Benton Ave
Helena, MT 59601-5041

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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 N84VV, 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 Capital Affairs West LLC, an LLC, certificate issued May 5, 2025, expires May 31, 2032. No fractional interest recorded. [1]

CLEARAirworthiness certificate

Standard certificate for utility, dated July 18, 2016, consistent with the 2016 manufacture year. [1]

CLEARPrior registrations of this airframe

No earlier tail number is recorded against serial C0688 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

CLEARTail number reuse

No other airframe has carried N84VV 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 N84VV: Accident on September 10, 2026 at Belleville, MI: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]

PENDINGTitle chain, liens and 337 forms

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PENDINGAirworthiness directives and utilization

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NTSB records 1

CEN26LA316Accident on September 10, 2026 at Belleville, MI: no injuries, substantial damage.

Aircraft on the NTSB record: Diamond DA20 · operated under 091

On September 10, 2026, about 1545 eastern daylight time, a Beech 99 airplane, N799CZ, and a Diamond DA20 airplane, N84VV were involved in a ground collision accident at the Willow Run Airport, Belleville, Michigan. N799CZ received minor damage and N84VV received substantial damage. There were no injuries to either the pilot of N799CZ, or the student pilot and flight instructor on-board N84VV. N799CZ was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 135 cargo flight, and N84VV was operated as a Title 14 CFR Part 91 instructional flight. The pilot of N799CZ reported that after st…

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  1. FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 30, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  2. FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 30, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  3. FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 30, 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, October 30, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data