Models / Airplane Factory (pty) Ltd / SLING LSA / N863SL Aircraft record N863SL 2019 Airplane Factory (pty) Ltd SLING LSA Safety record in brief: 1 NTSB accident (substantial damage, Mar 2022) · No ADs since 1998 matched
Registration Valid expires Sep 30, 2028 NTSB events 1 substantial, 2022 ADs may apply 0 confirm with A&P Service reports 0 since 1995
Registration FAA Aircraft Registry · Oct 16, 2026
Registered owner Aviation Financial Corp
Owner type Non Citizen Corporation
City, state Torrance, CA
Certificate issued Sep 30, 2021
Expires Sep 30, 2028
Airworthiness Light Sport · Airplane
Airworthiness date Mar 24, 2020 We never show street addresses, even though they appear in the public FAA file. Individual owners are shown by city and state only.
Airframe & engine FAA Registry + type data Airframe
Manufacturer Airplane Factory (pty) Ltd
Model SLING LSA
Year 2019
Serial number 302
Aircraft type Fixed wing single engine
Category Land
Certification Light Sport
Seats 2
Engines 1
Max takeoff weight Up to 12,499 lb
Mode S code ABDB97 Engine
Make and model Rotax 912 Is
Type 4 Cycle
Power 100 hp Total time and engine hours aren't public. They appear here once the owner adds logbooks.
Ownership history Ownership history from FAA records 2021 – now Aviation Financial Corp Torrance, CA · current Individual owners are shown by city and state only.
Safety record NTSB · Oct 15, 2026 · FAA ADs · Oct 16, 2026 · SDRs · Oct 16, 2026 ADs published since 1998 that may apply (0) These match the airframe or engine model. Whether each one applies, and whether it's been complied with, depends on serial numbers, equipment and logbook entries. Applicability must be confirmed by a mechanic against the aircraft's records.
No ADs published since 1998 matched this airframe or engine model.
AI-extracted — verify against original. Matched from each AD's applicability section; ADs replaced by a later AD are left out.
Service Difficulty Reports (0) No Service Difficulty Reports found for this airframe since 1995.
Sources FAA Aircraft Registry Registration, owner city and state, airframe, engine updated Oct 16, 2026 NTSB accident and incident database Accidents and incidents since 1982 updated Oct 15, 2026 FAA Airworthiness Directives (Federal Register) ADs published since 1998 updated Oct 16, 2026 FAA Service Difficulty Reports Reports since 1995 updated Oct 16, 2026 Request owner name removal Report an error in this record