{"airworthiness_class":"","airworthiness_date":"","airworthiness_ops":"","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"2026-10-08","city":"LONDON ONTARIO","country_code":"CA","county_code":"","cruise_speed_mph":null,"data_date":"2026-11-02","documents":[],"eng_mfr_mdl":"","engine_horsepower":null,"engine_maker":"","engine_model":"","engine_thrust_lb":null,"expiration_date":"2033-10-31","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":1,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"turboprops","kit_mfr":"","kit_model":"","last_action_date":"2026-10-08","maker":"Diamond Aircraft","maker_country":"AT","maker_raw":"DIAMOND AIRCRAFT IND GMBH","maker_segment":"Piloted electric and eVTOL","mfr_mdl_code":"2990305","mode_s_code":"53016322","mode_s_hex":"AC1CD2","model":"DA 50 C","n_number":"N88PS","name":"DIAMOND AIRCRAFT SALES USA INC","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"Wrightsville Bh","damage":"DEST","date":"2005-08-28","highest_injury":"FATL","ntsb_no":"ATL05LA154","probable_cause":"The pilot's improper preflight decision to attempt night VFR flight into IMC, which resulted in an inflight encounter with weather and the pilot's subsequent loss of control of the airplane due to spatial disorientation.","registration":"N88PS","state":"NC","summary":"Accident on August 28, 2005 at Wrightsville Bh, NC: fatal, destroyed (2 fatal).","type":"ACC"},{"city":"CLINES CORNERS","damage":"DEST","date":"1993-08-03","highest_injury":"SERS","ntsb_no":"FTW93LA226","probable_cause":"THE PILOT'S INADVERTENT VFR FLIGHT INTO IMC AND FAILURE TO MAINTAIN PROPER ALTITUDE. FACTORS WERE FOG, RAIN, AND THE PILOT'S FAILURE TO OBTAIN A WEATHER BRIEF.","registration":"N88PS","state":"NM","summary":"Accident on August 3, 1993 at Clines Corners, NM: serious injuries, destroyed.","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":1,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N88PS is a Diamond Aircraft DA 50 C, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with turboprop engines. It has 5 seats. It is registered to Diamond Aircraft Sales USA INC, a non-citizen corporation in London Ontario. The registration is valid: it was issued on October 8, 2026 and expires on October 31, 2033. 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 Diamond Aircraft Sales USA INC, a non-citizen corporation, certificate issued October 8, 2026, expires October 31, 2033. 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 50.C.A.A.094 for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"N88PS was previously assigned to 2 other aircraft: Samson Patrick SEAWIND 3000 (serial 15, cancelled May 23, 2017); Sukane Paul S KR-2 PS SPECIAL (serial 842A, cancelled March 30, 1994). 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 N88PS: Accident on August 28, 2005 at Wrightsville Bh, NC: fatal, destroyed (2 fatal). Accident on August 3, 1993 at Clines Corners, NM: serious injuries, destroyed. 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":"Non-citizen corporation","registrant_type_code":"8","seats":5,"serial_number":"50.C.A.A.094","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"1560 CRUMLIN SIDEROAD","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Fixed-wing, single engine","type_aircraft_code":"4","type_engine":"Turboprop","type_engine_code":"2","unique_id":"01578620","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N88PS","watchlist_group":"Electric airplane","watchlist_note":"eDA40 electric trainer, Austria","weight_class":"","year_mfr":null,"zip":"N5V 1S2"}
