Single-engine piston

N156U

2025 Diamond DA40 XLS

Registered No accidents on file
Built
2025
Serial
40.1252
Class
Single-engine piston
Engines
Lycoming IO-360-M1A
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registered owner
Utah State Univeristy (Government)
Based
Logan, UT
2025 Diamond DA40 XLS
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Registration record

N156U on the FAA register

Type
2025 Diamond DA40 XLS (FAA: Diamond DA 40)
Serial
40.1252
Engines
Lycoming IO-360-M1A
Registered owner
Utah State Univeristy
Logan, UT
Certificate issued
2025-04-21
Airworthiness date
2025-03-19
Registration expires
2032-04-30
Airworthiness class
Standard · normal, utility
Mode S (hex)
A0E23B
Mode S (octal)
50161073
Seats (type)
4
Weight class
up to 12,499 lb
Range (type)
720 nm
Cruise (type)
145 kt
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registry history

Timeline

  • 2032-04-30
    Registration expires (renewal due).
  • 2025-04-21
    Certificate of registration issued as N156U to the current registrant.
  • 2025-03-19
    Airworthiness date on the current FAA record (standard category (normal, utility)).
  • 2002-12-19
    N156U previously assigned to a Beechcraft V35A Bonanza (s/n D-8840); cancelled.
Overview

About N156U

N156U is a 2025 Diamond DA40 XLS (FAA model DA 40), serial number 40.1252. The FAA register lists Utah State Univeristy as the registrant in Logan, Utah. The current certificate of registration was issued on April 21, 2025 and expires on April 30, 2032.

The FAA aircraft reference file describes the type as a single-engine piston, one Lycoming IO-360-M1A engine and 4 seats. Published figures for the type give a cruise speed of about 145 knots and a range of about 720 nm; actual performance depends on configuration, load and conditions. Its airworthiness certificate is standard category (normal, utility), dated March 19, 2025.

No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices are on file for this airframe as N156U. 1 earlier record involves a different aircraft that carried the same N-number.

Cruise
145 kt
Range
720 nm
Landing over 50 ft
11,585 ft
Fuel burn
14 gph

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Safety record

Accident & incident history

2002-06-30 Accident · Ojai, CA Damage: Destroyed Fatal injury NTSB · LAX02FA211
Reported aircraft: Beechcraft V-35A — a different aircraft that carried the N156U registration before this airframe.
Probable cause: the pilot's inadequate in-flight planning and failure to maintain an adequate terrain clearance altitude within the canyon.

Sources: NTSB aviation accident database and CAROL case system, FAA preliminary accident & incident notices. Search accident records

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Data: FAA Aircraft Registry (October 2026), including deregistered aircraft; NTSB and FAA accident data; fyiAero listing history. Individual owners' names are shown to signed-in users and street addresses are never shown. Type figures are published specifications, not this aircraft's.