N486A - 2022 Diamond Aircraft Industries DA 62 Aircraft Registration

N486A is a 2022 Diamond Aircraft Ind Gmbh DA 62, a twin-engine four-cycle piston aircraft registered to Aldridge Aviation LLC in Houston, TX. This aircraft holds a standard airworthiness certificate issued by the Federal Aviation Administration on April 21, 2022. The registration certificate was issued on July 1, 2023. The registration is set to expire on July 31, 2030. Powered by a Austro E4P(SERIES) engine producing 179 horsepower, N486A is. The aircraft's Mode S transponder code is A5FEE3 (hex), used for ADS-B identification and flight tracking. N486A was last tracked by AviatorDB near Houston Executive Airport (KTME) on May 31, 2026. The FAA registry record for N486A was last updated on August 26, 2023. AviatorDB monitors aircraft positions through ADS-B surveillance data and updates records as new position data is received.

The Diamond DA-62 is a modern twin-engine diesel aircraft that pioneered efficient composite construction in the light twin market. First flown in April 2012, it is a low-wing twin-engine aircraft seating five to seven occupants with two Austro AE330 diesel engines burning Jet A fuel. With a wingspan generating 17.10 square meters of wing area and achieving 16.6 miles per gallon in testing, the DA-62 represented a breakthrough in fuel efficiency for general aviation. The aircraft is manufactured by Diamond Aircraft Industries of Austria and Canada. AviatorDB tracks 287 Diamond Aircraft Ind Gmbh aircraft currently registered in the FAA database. The ICAO type designator for this aircraft model is DA62.

AviatorDB has found no NTSB accident or incident reports involving N486A. AviatorDB cross-references all FAA registration data with NTSB accident and incident reports, providing a comprehensive safety overview for every registered aircraft in the United States.