Diamond DA42
2 models built 2004–present · 221 on the US register today
The DA42 Twin Star, the first new light twin certified in decades and the first to run on Jet-A: a four-seat composite twin with two turbocharged diesels, single-lever FADEC control and 160 knots on about eleven gallons an hour total. The original (2004-12) had Thielert engines; the DA42 NG (2009 on) Diamond's own 168 hp Austro AE 300s, with the DA42-VI of 2012 treated by the certificate as an NG variant. Built in Austria and recorded under both Diamond entities.
The variants
Family fleet, active
221
FAA registry
NTSB events / 1,000, 10 yrs
58.8
13 events over 221 active aircraft, pooled across the family
Successor
Data as of: FAA registry Sep 28 · NTSB Oct 2 · scores Sep 30