Diamond DA 40 NG — Airworthiness Directives & records checklist
310 Diamond DA 40 NGs are on the U.S. registry. Here’s what a records review covers for one — the Airworthiness Directives that apply, the known trouble spots, and the checklist a buyer or owner should hold every logbook against.
Airworthiness Directives that apply to the Diamond DA 40 NG
- one-timeAD 2016-26808 — Airworthiness Directives; Diamond Aircraft Industries GmbH Airplanes · 2016-11-09
We are adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for all Diamond Aircraft Industries GmbH Model DA 40 NG airplanes. This AD results from mandatory continuing airworthiness information (MCAI) issued by the aviation authority of another country to identify and correct an unsafe c…
This is the applicability list. Which of these are complied with, their computed next-due dates, and the 8 serial/mod-conditional ADs that actually apply to your aircraft come from its digitized logbooks — that’s the verified report.
Known trouble spots on the DA 40 NG
Diamond diesels (Thielert Centurion / Austro / Continental CD-135/155) run a reduction gearbox with a hard time-between-replacement plus a clutch, FADEC, and high-pressure fuel parts on strict intervals. Confirm gearbox/clutch replacement history, TBR remaining, and FADEC status — deferred diesel maintenance gets expensive fast.
The records checklist for a Diamond DA 40 NG
Enter a tail number and Tailplate reads its logbooks against this list — every AD matched to compliance evidence, next-due dates computed, damage history pulled, and a records-adjusted value.
Look up a tail number →or see the free AD listApplicability is derived from the FAA directive corpus and the aircraft’s type certificate; it is advisory and not a legal airworthiness determination. Compliance is established only from an aircraft’s actual records.