{"airworthiness_class":"","airworthiness_date":"","airworthiness_ops":"","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"2019-10-03","city":"SALEM","country_code":"US","county_code":"775","cruise_speed_mph":null,"data_date":"2026-10-02","documents":[],"eng_mfr_mdl":"","engine_horsepower":null,"engine_maker":"","engine_model":"","engine_thrust_lb":null,"expiration_date":"2029-10-31","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":1,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"piston-singles","kit_mfr":"","kit_model":"","last_action_date":"2023-09-09","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":"51514046","mode_s_hex":"A69826","model":"DA 40","n_number":"N524DS","name":"MOUNTAIN AVIATION LLC","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"Roanoke","damage":"SUBS","date":"2023-07-21","highest_injury":"NONE","ntsb_no":"ERA23LA312","probable_cause":"The student pilot\u2019s failure to maintain directional control during the landing, and the flight instructor\u2019s inadequate remedial action.","registration":"N524DS","state":"VA","summary":"Accident on July 21, 2023 at Roanoke, VA: no injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":1,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N524DS is a Diamond Aircraft DA 40, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine. It has 4 seats. It is registered to Mountain Aviation LLC, an LLC in Salem, Virginia. The registration is valid: it was issued on October 3, 2019 and expires on October 31, 2029. No airworthiness certificate is on file, which is normal for drones and for aircraft still being built or tested.","records_check":[{"finding":"Valid registration to Mountain Aviation LLC, an LLC, certificate issued October 3, 2019, expires October 31, 2029. No fractional interest recorded.","item":"Registration and identity","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"No airworthiness certificate is on file. Usual for a newly registered aircraft, a project, or an aircraft that has not flown since a change of registration; ask for the certificate.","item":"Airworthiness certificate","source":1,"status":"ATTENTION"},{"finding":"No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 40.260 for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"No other airframe has carried N524DS according to the deregistered file.","item":"Tail number reuse","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"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 N524DS: Accident on July 21, 2023 at Roanoke, VA: 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":4,"serial_number":"40.260","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"VA","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"PO BOX 196","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Fixed-wing, single engine","type_aircraft_code":"4","type_engine":"Piston (reciprocating)","type_engine_code":"1","unique_id":"00027739","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N524DS","watchlist_group":"Electric airplane","watchlist_note":"eDA40 electric trainer, Austria","weight_class":"","year_mfr":null,"zip":"241530196"}