{"airworthiness_class":"Standard","airworthiness_date":"2005-09-09","airworthiness_ops":"Normal; Utility","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"2023-03-01","city":"COLORADO SPRINGS","country_code":"US","county_code":"041","cruise_speed_mph":null,"data_date":"2026-10-02","documents":[],"eng_mfr_mdl":"41515","engine_horsepower":180,"engine_maker":"LYCOMING","engine_model":"I0360 SER","engine_thrust_lb":0,"expiration_date":"2030-03-31","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":0,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"piston-singles","kit_mfr":"","kit_model":"","last_action_date":"2023-10-30","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":"50410112","mode_s_hex":"A2104A","model":"DA 40","n_number":"N232DS","name":"SMITH WILLIAM","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"Bakersfield","damage":"SUBS","date":"2002-08-26","highest_injury":"NONE","ntsb_no":"LAX02LA264","probable_cause":"the pilot's improper fuel system management, which lead to fuel starvation, and a loss of engine power.  A factor in the accident was the pilot's decision to continue on the second leg of the flight with the gear in the extended position, which increased the fuel consumption and reduced the aircraft's available range.","registration":"N232DS","state":"CA","summary":"Accident on August 26, 2002 at Bakersfield, CA: no injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":1,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N232DS 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 an individual in Colorado Springs, Colorado. The registration is valid: it was issued on March 1, 2023 and expires on March 31, 2030. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal; utility, dated September 9, 2005.","records_check":[{"finding":"Valid registration to Smith William, an individual, certificate issued March 1, 2023, expires March 31, 2030. No fractional interest recorded.","item":"Registration and identity","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"Standard certificate for normal; utility, dated September 9, 2005, consistent with the 2005 manufacture year.","item":"Airworthiness certificate","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 40.553 for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"N232DS was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Hispano Aviacion HA-200 SAETA (serial E.14A-16, cancelled April 2, 2013). 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":"1 NTSB record under N232DS: Accident on August 26, 2002 at Bakersfield, CA: 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":"Northwest Mountain","region_code":"S","registrant_type":"Individual","registrant_type_code":"1","seats":4,"serial_number":"40.553","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"CO","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"12654 CHIANTI CT","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Fixed-wing, single engine","type_aircraft_code":"4","type_engine":"Piston (reciprocating)","type_engine_code":"1","unique_id":"00202059","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N232DS","watchlist_group":"Electric airplane","watchlist_note":"eDA40 electric trainer, Austria","weight_class":"","year_mfr":2005,"zip":"809211201"}