# N512DS: not currently registered

- Registered now: No (not in the FAA registry file). The mark may be reserved or free to assign
- Earlier aircraft: 2
- Last cancelled: February 21, 2020
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=512DS
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N512DS

## Aircraft that carried N512DS

- [Cancelled 2020-02-21](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N512DS-2020-02-21): Boeing 737-800A, S/N 65748. Owner: [Boeing Co](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/BOEING%20CO), [Renton, WA](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/WA/Renton)
- [Cancelled 2012-10-02](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N512DS-2012-10-02): Diamond Aircraft Ind DA 40, S/N 40.622, built 2006. Registration expired, pending cancellation. Owner: [Air Ep LLC](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/AIR%20EP%20LLC), [Scottsdale, AZ](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/AZ/Scottsdale)

## NTSB investigations on N512DS (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB LAX07FA160](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX07FA160), May 12, 2007: Diamond Aircraft Industries DA 40 (N512DS), Lake Pleasant, AZ, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain sufficient altitude above the surface of water during an intentional buzzing maneuver. Contributing to the accident was the nighttime lighting environment.

## FAA accident and incident reports on N512DS (1)

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [Accident 20070511015089A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070511015089A), May 11, 2007: Diamon DA40 (N512DS), Lake Pleasant, AZ, Destroyed, 2 fatal. (-23) Witnesses observed N512DS traveling north over the dam located at the south end of Lake Pleasant. As N512DS was over the dam all lights on the aircraft…

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