{"airworthiness_class":"Standard","airworthiness_date":"2023-11-02","airworthiness_ops":"Normal","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"2026-06-08","city":"NEW CUMBERLAND","country_code":"US","county_code":"041","cruise_speed_mph":null,"data_date":"2026-10-02","documents":[],"eng_mfr_mdl":"06402","engine_horsepower":168,"engine_maker":"AUSTRO","engine_model":"E4-A","engine_thrust_lb":0,"expiration_date":"2033-06-30","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":1,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"piston-singles","kit_mfr":"","kit_model":"","last_action_date":"2026-06-08","maker":"Diamond Aircraft","maker_country":"AT","maker_raw":"DIAMOND AIRCRAFT IND INC","maker_segment":"Piloted electric and eVTOL","mfr_mdl_code":"2990014","mode_s_code":"51306656","mode_s_hex":"A58DAE","model":"DA 40 NG","n_number":"N457SA","name":"BASILS BEST FLIGHTS LLC","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"CAROLINA","damage":"SUBS","date":"1989-01-16","highest_injury":"NONE","ntsb_no":"MIA89FA065","probable_cause":"FUEL EXHAUSTION AND THE FAILURE OF THE PILOT TO INSURE THAT THE PROPER FUEL LOAD WAS PLACED ON THE AIRCRAFT FOR THE FLIGHT. CONTRIBUTING FACTORS INCLUDED THE IMPROPER REFUELING OF THE AIRCRAFT, IMPROPER INITIAL TRAINING OF THE REFUELER AND THE CROP, WHICH CAUSED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT.","registration":"N457SA","state":"PR","summary":"Accident on January 16, 1989 at Carolina, PR: no injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":1,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N457SA is a Diamond Aircraft DA 40 NG, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 2023. It has 5 seats. It is registered to Basils Best Flights LLC, an LLC in New Cumberland, Pennsylvania. The registration is valid: it was issued on June 8, 2026 and expires on June 30, 2033. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated November 2, 2023.","records_check":[{"finding":"Valid registration to Basils Best Flights LLC, an LLC, certificate issued June 8, 2026, expires June 30, 2033. No fractional interest recorded.","item":"Registration and identity","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"Standard certificate for normal, dated November 2, 2023, consistent with the 2023 manufacture year.","item":"Airworthiness certificate","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 40.NC267 for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"N457SA was previously assigned to 3 other aircraft: Cirrus Design Corp SR22 (serial 3478, cancelled August 24, 2010); Piper PA-28-181 (serial 2843457, cancelled June 11, 2007); Britten-Norman BN-2A (serial 27, cancelled February 7, 1991). 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 N457SA: Accident on January 16, 1989 at Carolina, PR: 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":"Eastern","region_code":"1","registrant_type":"LLC","registrant_type_code":"7","seats":5,"serial_number":"40.NC267","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"PA","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"210 AIRPORT RD","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Fixed-wing, single engine","type_aircraft_code":"4","type_engine":"Piston (reciprocating)","type_engine_code":"1","unique_id":"01426500","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N457SA","watchlist_group":"Electric airplane","watchlist_note":"eDA40 electric trainer, Austria","weight_class":"","year_mfr":2023,"zip":"170702467"}