{"airworthiness_class":"Standard","airworthiness_date":"2004-08-13","airworthiness_ops":"Normal; Utility","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"2005-09-14","city":"WALNUT CREEK","country_code":"US","county_code":"013","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":"2028-05-31","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":1,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"piston-singles","kit_mfr":"","kit_model":"","last_action_date":"2023-05-12","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":"51433505","mode_s_hex":"A63745","model":"DA 40","n_number":"N5WU","name":"DIAMOND WEST LLC","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"NEWTON","damage":"DEST","date":"1998-02-16","highest_injury":"FATL","ntsb_no":"IAD98FA027","probable_cause":"The pilot inadequate management of the fuel system which resulted in fuel starvation to both engines.  Factors in the accident were the pilot's concern about maintenance being completed prior to executing a scheduled flight later in the day, and operating the airplane with known deficiencies.","registration":"N5WU","state":"WV","summary":"Accident on February 16, 1998 at Newton, WV: fatal, destroyed (2 fatal).","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":1,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N5WU is a Diamond Aircraft DA 40, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 2004. It has 4 seats. It is registered to Diamond West LLC, an LLC in Walnut Creek, California. The registration is valid: it was issued on September 14, 2005 and expires on May 31, 2028. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal; utility, dated August 13, 2004.","records_check":[{"finding":"Valid registration to Diamond West LLC, an LLC, certificate issued September 14, 2005, expires May 31, 2028. No fractional interest recorded.","item":"Registration and identity","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"Standard certificate for normal; utility, dated August 13, 2004, consistent with the 2004 manufacture year.","item":"Airworthiness certificate","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 40.400 for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"N5WU was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Beech C90 (serial LJ635, cancelled September 1, 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":"1 NTSB record under N5WU: Accident on February 16, 1998 at Newton, WV: fatal, destroyed (2 fatal). 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":"Western-Pacific","region_code":"4","registrant_type":"LLC","registrant_type_code":"7","seats":4,"serial_number":"40.400","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"CA","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"116 GENOA CT","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Fixed-wing, single engine","type_aircraft_code":"4","type_engine":"Piston (reciprocating)","type_engine_code":"1","unique_id":"00125099","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N5WU","watchlist_group":"Electric airplane","watchlist_note":"eDA40 electric trainer, Austria","weight_class":"","year_mfr":2004,"zip":"945983611"}