{"airworthiness_class":"Standard","airworthiness_date":"2021-12-22","airworthiness_ops":"Normal","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"2026-03-10","city":"MONTGOMERY","country_code":"US","county_code":"071","cruise_speed_mph":null,"data_date":"2026-10-02","documents":[],"eng_mfr_mdl":"06400","engine_horsepower":168,"engine_maker":"AUSTRO","engine_model":"E4 SERIES","engine_thrust_lb":0,"expiration_date":"2033-03-31","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":1,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"piston-twins","kit_mfr":"","kit_model":"","last_action_date":"2026-03-10","maker":"Diamond Aircraft","maker_country":"AT","maker_raw":"DIAMOND AIRCRAFT IND GMBH","maker_segment":"Piloted electric and eVTOL","mfr_mdl_code":"2990105","mode_s_code":"51200170","mode_s_hex":"A50078","model":"DA 42 NG","n_number":"N421MQ","name":"TAKE FLIGHT AVIATION LLC","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"TRAVERSE CITY","damage":"MINR","date":"1996-04-03","highest_injury":"NONE","ntsb_no":"CHI96IA125","probable_cause":"improper use of procedures by maintenance personnel at an overhaul facility during overhaul of the landing gear, allowing corrosion to occur on the barrel lugs of the landing gear, which subsequently led to fatigue cracking of the lugs and eventual collapse of the gear.","registration":"N421MQ","state":"MI","summary":"Incident on April 3, 1996 at Traverse City, MI: no injuries, minor damage.","type":"INC"},{"city":"WATERLOO","damage":"MINR","date":"1988-01-19","highest_injury":"NONE","ntsb_no":"CHI88IA045","probable_cause":"","registration":"N421MQ","state":"IA","summary":"Incident on January 19, 1988 at Waterloo, IA: no injuries, minor damage.","type":"INC"}],"num_engines":2,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N421MQ is a Diamond Aircraft DA 42 NG, a fixed-wing airplane with more than one motor with a piston engine, built in 2021. It has 4 seats. It is registered to Take Flight Aviation LLC, an LLC in Montgomery, New York. The registration is valid: it was issued on March 10, 2026 and expires on March 31, 2033. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated December 22, 2021.","records_check":[{"finding":"Valid registration to Take Flight Aviation LLC, an LLC, certificate issued March 10, 2026, expires March 31, 2033. No fractional interest recorded.","item":"Registration and identity","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"Standard certificate for normal, dated December 22, 2021, consistent with the 2021 manufacture year.","item":"Airworthiness certificate","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 42.N439 for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"N421MQ was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Aerospatiale/Aeritalia ATR 42-300 (serial 014, cancelled June 11, 1998). 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 N421MQ: Incident on April 3, 1996 at Traverse City, MI: no injuries, minor damage. Incident on January 19, 1988 at Waterloo, IA: no injuries, minor 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":"Eastern","region_code":"1","registrant_type":"LLC","registrant_type_code":"7","seats":4,"serial_number":"42.N439","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"NY","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"49 HANGAR RD","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Fixed-wing, multi-engine","type_aircraft_code":"5","type_engine":"Piston (reciprocating)","type_engine_code":"1","unique_id":"01355002","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N421MQ","watchlist_group":"Electric airplane","watchlist_note":"eDA40 electric trainer, Austria","weight_class":"","year_mfr":2021,"zip":"125492404"}