# N521DS: 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: May 20, 2013
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=521DS
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N521DS

## Aircraft that carried N521DS

- [Cancelled 2013-05-20](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N521DS-2013-05-20): Boeing 737-8FV, S/N 40611, built 2012. Exported to India. Owner: [Boeing Co](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/BOEING%20CO), [Seattle, WA](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/WA/Seattle)
- [Cancelled 2009-07-24](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N521DS-2009-07-24): Diamond Aircraft Ind DA 40, S/N 40.621, built 2006. Triennial form not returned. Owner: [Mitchell Enterprises Inc](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/MITCHELL%20ENTERPRISES%20INC), [Plant City, FL](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/FL/Plant%20City)

## NTSB investigations on N521DS (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 WPR09FA146](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR09FA146), Mar 2, 2009: Diamond Aircraft Ind DA-40 (N521DS), Arcata, CA, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain proper altitude and glidepath while executing a night instrument approach. Contributing to the accident was the pilot's fatigue.

## FAA accident and incident reports on N521DS (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 20090301004619A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090301004619A), Mar 1, 2009: Diamon DA40 (N521DS), Arcata/Eureka, CA, Destroyed, 2 fatal. (-23) On March 1,2009, at 2257 pacific standard time, a diamond DA-40, N521DS, was lost from radar while executing an RNAV (GPS) approach to runway 14 at…

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