Diamond DA62

This page describes the current 7-seat, 5,071 lb US-configuration DA62 — Diamond's flagship piston twin, introduced in 2015.

The certifying authority is the single most involved governance question in this family, and it is worth stating precisely. The DA62 began life as an EASA derivative of the DA42 (EASA TC EASA.A.005), validated by the FAA under TCDS A57CE. EASA later issued a standalone type certificate, EASA.A.629. Then, effective 15 November 2017, design responsibility for the DA62 transferred from Diamond Austria and EASA to Diamond Canada and Transport Canada Civil Aviation, under new Canadian type certificate A-273 — and the FAA had not yet validated the standalone EASA number when that transfer happened, so aircraft continued under FAA TCDS A57CE until a new FAA sheet, A00012NY, was approved specifically as a validation of the CANADIAN certificate. Following Diamond's Factory Campaign 62-010, completed 24 March 2023, every DA62 — Austria-built and Canada-built alike — is now governed by A00012NY, which validates Transport Canada's A-273, not any EASA number. A DA62 bought today is governed by an FAA sheet that traces to Canada, despite the type's EASA ancestry — the opposite of the pattern for the DA42, where the FAA sheet still traces to an Austrian EASA basis. A previous version of this page cited "EASA.A.074," which does not appear anywhere in this document's own history (not EASA.A.005, not EASA.A.629, and not the current governing FAA sheet) — a wrong-document error, corrected here.

Pre-buy relevance: an early Austria-built DA62 may still carry a data plate referencing A57CE or EASA.A.005 if Factory Campaign FC 62-010/4 was never performed on that specific airframe. TCDS A00012NY's Note 10 lists which serial numbers were and were not subject to it — worth checking against an individual airplane's data plate before purchase.

No single row of Diamond's current spec sheet states cruise speed, fuel burn and range together at one power setting. "Cruise Speed at 85% (12,000 ft)" (180 kt — used here) has no matching burn figure; "Fuel consumption at 60% (12,000 ft)" (11.8 gal/h) and "Max. range... (FL160, 50% PWR)" (1,288 nm) are each at their own separate settings, neither matching the 85% speed nor each other's altitude. cruise_percent_bhp and cruise_altitude_ft are left blank because no single setting describes all three stored numbers together — each is individually sourced and dated, not one flight. This is the same judgment call made on every other page in this family; see the confidence note.

Rate of climb, unlike the DA42's figure, is not flagged as a reduced-weight number — Diamond's DA62 sheet states "Max. rate of climb (MSL)" with no alternate weight noted, so it is read as applying at MTOM.

DA62 US 7-seat (2x Austro E4P, 86.4 gal usable Jet-A, 5,071 lb gross):

1,548 lb useful load reconciles within rounding of the manufacturer's own stated 1,545 lb (a ~3 lb gap from kg/lb conversion in the source, not a data error). Four adults with full fuel and meaningful baggage over nearly 1,300 nm is a realistic mission few other piston aircraft can match.

• Flight Training (5): Possible as an advanced trainer but an expensive, overkill choice for routine multi-engine training; the DA42 is the rational ME trainer in this family.
• Backcountry (1): Not applicable.
• Business Travel (9): A genuinely strong piston-twin business platform — seven seats, FIKI available, good range, turbocharged to a 20,000 ft ceiling, Jet-A economics.
• Aerobatics (1): Not certified.
• Cross-Country (9): Long range and good speed on efficient fuel burn.
• Cargo Hauling (5): Competitive useful load for a 7-seat twin; the MPP variant demonstrates real cargo/sensor utility with seats removed.
• Local Fun Flying (3): Not an economical local-flying choice at this acquisition cost and hourly rate.
• Surveying (8): The DA62 MPP is purpose-built for this mission.

Garmin G1000 NXi standard, factory-integrated FADEC engine monitoring, FIKI TKS ice protection as a common option on North American deliveries.

None found. Fully factory-integrated system; options (FIKI, A/C, radar, 5-seat vs 7-seat) are chosen at order time, not added aftermarket.

• Parts availability: Austro-authorized service centers required for engine work; composite-trained shops for airframe work.
• Mechanic familiarity: Specialist.
• Engine overhaul cost: left blank — see validator_exempt above.

Prices are asking-price data from the site's own listings sync (2026-07-14), not a Vref or Aircraft Bluebook considered value. That snapshot shows $1,050,000-$1,930,360 across 19 priced listings. A Vref/Bluebook subscription, or a direct quote from Diamond, would settle a considered new-aircraft and used-value figure, neither obtained this session.

• Austro AE330/E4P: Shares design heritage with the AE300 used in the DA42; no fresh AD-by-AD search was run this session.
• Composite repair: requires a certified composite shop.
• TKS fluid system: where fitted, requires ongoing attention.
• Parts lead time: Austro parts source from Austria; commonly reported lead times of several weeks on non-stock items (not independently verified this session).

No fresh insurance-broker quote sourced this session; typical_hull_insurance_annual_usd intentionally left blank rather than repeating the previous page's uncited figure. Expect a materially higher rate than the DA42 given the higher hull value and 7-seat liability exposure — not independently quantified here.