Single-engine piston

N279AS

2025 Diamond DA20

Registered No accidents on file
Built
2025
Serial
C0780
Class
Single-engine piston
Engines
Continental IO-240-B
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registered owner
Skyline Aviation Inc (Corporation)
Based
San Angelo, TX
Registration record

N279AS on the FAA register

Type
2025 Diamond DA20 (FAA: Diamond DA20-C1)
Serial
C0780
Engines
Continental IO-240-B
Registered owner
Skyline Aviation Inc
San Angelo, TX
Certificate issued
2025-08-15
Airworthiness date
2025-04-25
Registration expires
2032-08-31
Airworthiness class
Standard · utility
Mode S (hex)
A2C7FC
Mode S (octal)
50543774
Seats (type)
2
Weight class
up to 12,499 lb
Range (type)
519 nm
Cruise (type)
117 kt
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registry history

Timeline

  • 2032-08-31
    Registration expires (renewal due).
  • 2025-08-15
    Certificate of registration issued as N279AS to the current registrant.
  • 2025-04-25
    Airworthiness date on the current FAA record (standard category (utility)).
  • 2012-09-21
    N279AS previously assigned to a Pilatus B4-PC11AF (s/n 261); cancelled.
Overview

About N279AS

N279AS is a 2025 Diamond DA20 (FAA model DA20-C1), serial number C0780. The FAA register lists Skyline Aviation Inc as the registrant in San Angelo, Texas. The current certificate of registration was issued on August 15, 2025 and expires on August 31, 2032.

The FAA aircraft reference file describes the type as a single-engine piston, one Continental IO-240-B engine and 2 seats. Published figures for the type give a cruise speed of about 117 knots and a range of about 519 nm; actual performance depends on configuration, load and conditions. Its airworthiness certificate is standard category (utility), dated April 25, 2025.

No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices are on file for this airframe as N279AS. 1 earlier record involves a different aircraft that carried the same N-number.

Cruise
117 kt
Range
519 nm
Power / thrust (each)
125
Takeoff over 50 ft
1,470 ft
Landing over 50 ft
1,280 ft
Fuel burn
4 gph

Published figures for the Diamond DA20 type. They describe the model, not this airframe's equipment or condition.

Safety record

Accident & incident history

1992-05-03 Accident · Wenatchee, WA Damage: Destroyed Fatal injury NTSB · SEA92LA089
Reported aircraft: Pilatus B-4 PC 11A — a different aircraft that carried the N279AS registration before this airframe.
Probable cause: FAILURE BY THE PILOT TO MAINTAIN AIRSPEED, RESULTING IN AIRCRAFT STALL.

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.