Diamond DA42MNG — Airworthiness Directives & records checklist
3 Diamond DA42MNGs 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 DA42MNG
No airframe ADs resolved for this model from the directive corpus — engine and propeller ADs still depend on the specific engine installed.
This is the applicability list. Which of these are complied with, their computed next-due dates, and the 16 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 DA42MNG
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 DA42MNG
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.