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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of November 6, 2026Airplane Factory (Pty) Ltd SLING LSA
N863SL is an Airplane Factory (Pty) Ltd SLING LSA, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a four-stroke engine, built in 2019. It has 2 seats. It is registered to Aviation Financial CORP, a non-citizen corporation in Torrance, California. The registration is valid: it was issued on September 30, 2021 and expires on September 30, 2028. It holds a light sport airworthiness certificate for airplane, dated March 24, 2020. 1 document is on file: loan or lien (security agreement).
Where is it now Last seen Tuesday at 5:07 pm.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Airplane Factory (Pty) Ltd
- Model
- SLING LSA · all SLING LSAs and related versions
- Built of
- aluminiumThe airframe is aluminium: sheet metal over a riveted frame, the way most aircraft have been built since the 1940s. This is how the Airplane Factory (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
- 302
- 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
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas; the engine's maker also approves mogas, UL91, UL94
- Seats
- 2
- Year built
- 2019
- Transponder code
- ABDB97 (octal 52755627)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- September 30, 2021
- Expires
- September 30, 2028
- Last FAA action
- June 10, 2023
- 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 · March 24, 2020
- FAA region
- Western-PacificFAA region code 4 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 01313854
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Aviation Financial CORP
- 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
Connections how N863SL links to the rest of the register
- Airplane Factory (Pty) Ltd SLING LSA 18 registered
- Airplane Factory (Pty) Ltd 23 aircraft on the register
- Built of aluminium · as the model family is built; the register does not record it per aircraft
- Rotax 912 IS 878 aircraft with this engine series · 100 hp
- Aviation Financial CORP 26 aircraft in the fleet
- Torrance, CA 303 aircraft registered in this town
- Zamperini Field · TOA
- California 27,897 aircraft registered
- Where N863SL is now · Last seen Tuesday at 5:07 pm.
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The public federal record on N863SL, 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.
Valid registration to Aviation Financial CORP, a non-citizen corporation, certificate issued September 30, 2021, expires September 30, 2028. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Light sport certificate for airplane, dated March 24, 2020, consistent with the 2019 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 302 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N863SL according to the deregistered file. [2]
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]
1 NTSB record under N863SL: Accident on March 23, 2022 at Torrance, CA: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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AD compliance against the logbooks and flight-activity reconciliation are researched layers of the full report.
NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Airplane Factory (PTY) LTD SLING LSA · operated under 091
The flight instructor’s loss of airplane control during an aborted landing due to a wind shift, which resulted in an impact with a runway sign.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of November 6, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of November 6, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of November 6, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through October 28, 2026. data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search
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Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, November 6, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data