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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of October 23, 2026
N588AD

Sling Aircraft (Pty) Ltd SLING LSA

ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codesCalifornia

N588AD is a Sling Aircraft (Pty) Ltd SLING LSA, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a four-stroke engine, built in 2024. It has 2 seats. It is registered to Airplane Factory INC, a non-citizen corporation in Torrance, California. The registration is valid: it was issued on April 22, 2024 and expires on April 30, 2031. It holds a light sport airworthiness certificate for airplane, dated May 29, 2024. 1 document is on file: loan or lien (security agreement).

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Aircraft

Maker
Sling Aircraft (Pty) Ltd
Model
SLING LSA · all SLING LSAs and related versions
Built of
aluminium
The airframe is aluminium: sheet metal over a riveted frame, the way most aircraft have been built since the 1940s. This is how the Sling Aircraft (Pty) Ltd SLING LSA family is built; the FAA does not record construction for each aircraft, and the type certificate data sheet is the authority for this one.
Serial number
384A
Type
Fixed-wing, single engineFAA type of aircraft code 4 (the FAA's broad category for the airframe). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Power
Four-cycle pistonFAA type of engine code 8 (what powers it, as the FAA classes engines). Every aircraft with this code · All codes, 1 motor · Rotax 912 IS · 100 hp
Seats
2
Year built
2024
Transponder code
A793A4 (octal 51711644)

Registration

Status
Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Certificate issued
April 22, 2024
Expires
April 30, 2031
Last FAA action
April 22, 2024
Airworthiness
Light sportFAA airworthiness class code 9 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). Every aircraft with this code · All codes · AirplaneFAA certificate purpose code A (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · May 29, 2024
FAA region
Western-PacificFAA region code 4 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
FAA record id
01449628

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Airplane Factory INC
Type
Non-citizen corporationFAA type of owner code 8 (who holds the registration: a person, a company, a trust or a government body). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Address
3401 Airport Dr
Torrance, CA 90505-6157

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Documents on file 1

2026-10-05Loan or lien (security agreement)

Connections how N588AD links to the rest of the register

Design
Engine
  • Rotax 912 IS 875 aircraft with this engine series · 100 hp
Owner
Place

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Records check free · 1 to understand · 5 clear

The public federal record on N588AD, read the way a buyer, lender or insurer reads it: FAA registration, prior tail numbers keyed on the serial number, reuse of the tail number, recent registry filings, and the NTSB accident record under this and every earlier registration.

CLEARRegistration and identity

Valid registration to Airplane Factory INC, a non-citizen corporation, certificate issued April 22, 2024, expires April 30, 2031. No fractional interest recorded. [1]

CLEARAirworthiness certificate

Light sport certificate for airplane, dated May 29, 2024, consistent with the 2024 manufacture year. [1]

CLEARPrior registrations of this airframe

No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 384A for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

CLEARTail number reuse

No other airframe has carried N588AD according to the deregistered file. [2]

ATTENTIONRecent registry documents

1 loan or lien document received by the registry recently (October 5, 2026). The full title and lien picture is in the FAA aircraft records file. [3]

CLEARAccident and incident record

No NTSB investigation records located under N588AD. CLEAR means the query ran and returned nothing, not that nothing ever happened. [4]

PENDINGTitle chain, liens and 337 forms

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PENDINGAirworthiness directives and utilization

AD compliance against the logbooks and flight-activity reconciliation are researched layers of the full report.

CLEAR the source was checked and shows no adverse findingATTENTION a fact a buyer or lender should understand, often routineNOTE context onlyPENDING covered by the full report
  1. FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 23, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  2. FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 23, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  3. FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 23, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  4. NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through September 30, 2026. data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

This automated check reads the public federal record. Nothing here is a legal opinion, an appraisal or a statement about the aircraft's condition; a CLEAR line is a statement about the searched record, not the aircraft.

Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 23, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data