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A Diamond Aircraft DA 40 Diamond Star, the same model family as N851PS
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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of October 23, 2026
N851PS

Diamond Aircraft DA 40 NG

ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codesElectric airplaneColorado

N851PS is a Diamond Aircraft DA 40 NG, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 2022. It has 5 seats. It is registered to Smith Brother Aviation LLC, an LLC in Momument, Colorado. The registration is valid: it was issued on June 20, 2026 and expires on June 30, 2033. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated October 21, 2022.

Diamond Aircraft: eDA40 electric trainer, Austria

Where is it now Last seen October 15 at 6:49 pm.

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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.NC205
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
2022
Transponder code
ABAC65 (octal 52726145)

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 20, 2026
Expires
June 30, 2033
Last FAA action
June 20, 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 · NormalFAA certificate purpose code N (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · October 21, 2022
FAA region
Northwest MountainFAA region code S (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
FAA record id
01380349

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Smith Brother 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
901 Synthes Ave
Momument, CO 81032

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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

1971-10-07Piper PA-23-250 · Valid registration

Connections how N851PS links to the rest of the register

Design
Engine
Owner
Place
  • Momument, CO 1 aircraft registered in this town
  • Colorado 7,454 aircraft registered
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The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/aircraft/N851PS.json.

Records check free · 1 to understand · 4 clear

The public federal record on N851PS, 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 Smith Brother Aviation LLC, an LLC, certificate issued June 20, 2026, expires June 30, 2033. No fractional interest recorded. [1]

CLEARAirworthiness certificate

Standard certificate for normal, dated October 21, 2022, consistent with the 2022 manufacture year. [1]

CLEARPrior registrations of this airframe

No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 40.NC205 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

ATTENTIONTail number reuse

N851PS was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Piper PA-23-250 (serial 27-3919, cancelled October 7, 1971). 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]

CLEARAccident and incident record

No NTSB investigation records located under N851PS. 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 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

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 23, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data