{"airworthiness_class":"Standard","airworthiness_date":"2003-11-28","airworthiness_ops":"Normal; Utility","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"2023-02-11","city":"HOUSTON","country_code":"US","county_code":"201","cruise_speed_mph":null,"data_date":"2026-10-02","documents":[],"eng_mfr_mdl":"41869","engine_horsepower":180,"engine_maker":"LYCOMING","engine_model":"IO-360-M1A+","engine_thrust_lb":0,"expiration_date":"2030-02-28","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":1,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"piston-singles","kit_mfr":"","kit_model":"","last_action_date":"2023-02-11","maker":"Diamond Aircraft","maker_country":"AT","maker_raw":"DIAMOND AIRCRAFT IND INC","maker_segment":"Piloted electric and eVTOL","mfr_mdl_code":"2990002","mode_s_code":"50222732","mode_s_hex":"A125DA","model":"DA 40","n_number":"N173RS","name":"SHINING VENTURES LLC","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"WIMAUMA","damage":"SUBS","date":"1999-04-12","highest_injury":"MINR","ntsb_no":"MIA99LA124","probable_cause":"The pilot's failure to maintain a visual lookout during a forced landing resulting in an in-flight collision with a ditch and subsequent nose over.","registration":"N173RS","state":"FL","summary":"Accident on April 12, 1999 at Wimauma, FL: minor injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"},{"city":"DAYTONA BEACH","damage":"SUBS","date":"1998-06-08","highest_injury":"NONE","ntsb_no":"MIA98LA180","probable_cause":"The pilot's poorly planned approach for not planning the intended touchdown point farther down the runway to avoid an area of known turbulence caused by terrain.  Contributing to the accident was the turbulence.","registration":"N173RS","state":"FL","summary":"Accident on June 8, 1998 at Daytona Beach, FL: no injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":1,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N173RS is a Diamond Aircraft DA 40, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 2003. It has 4 seats. It is registered to Shining Ventures LLC, an LLC in Houston, Texas. The registration is valid: it was issued on February 11, 2023 and expires on February 28, 2030. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal; utility, dated November 28, 2003.","records_check":[{"finding":"Valid registration to Shining Ventures LLC, an LLC, certificate issued February 11, 2023, expires February 28, 2030. No fractional interest recorded.","item":"Registration and identity","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"Standard certificate for normal; utility, dated November 28, 2003, consistent with the 2003 manufacture year.","item":"Airworthiness certificate","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 40.336 for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"N173RS was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Bean Robert E WITTMAN TAILWIND W10 (serial 001032028RS, cancelled March 16, 2001). Histories keyed to the tail number alone can mix aircraft up; this check keys on the serial number.","item":"Tail number reuse","source":2,"status":"ATTENTION"},{"finding":"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.","item":"Recent registry documents","source":3,"status":"NOTE"},{"finding":"2 NTSB records under N173RS: Accident on April 12, 1999 at Wimauma, FL: minor injuries, substantial damage. Accident on June 8, 1998 at Daytona Beach, FL: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below.","item":"Accident and incident record","source":4,"status":"ATTENTION"},{"finding":"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.","item":"Title chain, liens and 337 forms","source":null,"status":"PENDING"},{"finding":"AD compliance against the logbooks and flight-activity reconciliation are researched layers of the full report.","item":"Airworthiness directives and utilization","source":null,"status":"PENDING"}],"records_check_sources":[{"n":1,"name":"FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file","url":"https://registry.faa.gov/"},{"n":2,"name":"FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download)","url":"https://registry.faa.gov/"},{"n":3,"name":"FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks","url":"https://registry.faa.gov/"},{"n":4,"name":"NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL)","url":"https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search"}],"region":"Southwestern","region_code":"2","registrant_type":"LLC","registrant_type_code":"7","seats":4,"serial_number":"40.336","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"TX","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"3260 LOCKE LN","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Fixed-wing, single engine","type_aircraft_code":"4","type_engine":"Piston (reciprocating)","type_engine_code":"1","unique_id":"00078609","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N173RS","watchlist_group":"Electric airplane","watchlist_note":"eDA40 electric trainer, Austria","weight_class":"","year_mfr":2003,"zip":"770196208"}