Ron Jones SLING HW
N916R is a Ron Jones SLING HW, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a four-stroke engine. It has 4 seats. It is registered to Airplane Factory INC, a non-citizen corporation in Torrance, California. The registration is valid: it was issued on March 25, 2026 and expires on March 31, 2033. No airworthiness certificate is on file, which is normal for drones and for aircraft still being built or tested. 1 document is on file: bill of sale (evidence of ownership).
Aircraft
- Maker
- Ron Jones
- Model
- SLING HW
- Serial number
- 121GQ
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine
- Power
- Four-cycle piston, 1 motor
- Seats
- 4
- Year built
- Not given
- Kit
- SLING AIRCRAFT (PTY) LTD SLING HW
- Transponder code
- ACAE6C (octal 53127154)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- March 25, 2026
- Expires
- March 31, 2033
- Last FAA action
- March 25, 2026
- Airworthiness
- None on file
- FAA region
- Western-Pacific
- FAA record id
- 01539525
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Airplane Factory INC
- Type
- Non-citizen corporation
- Address
- 3401 Airport Dr
Torrance, CA 90505-6157
Owners can ask the FAA to withhold their name and address from public files. When they do, those fields are blank here as well. How that works.
Documents on file 1
Earlier use of this number 3
Records check free · 3 to understand · 2 clear
The public federal record on N916R, 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 Airplane Factory INC, a non-citizen corporation, certificate issued March 25, 2026, expires March 31, 2033. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
No airworthiness certificate is on file. Usual for a newly registered aircraft, a project, or an aircraft that has not flown since a change of registration; ask for the certificate. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 121GQ for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N916R was previously assigned to 3 other aircraft: Jahns Richard J RV-7 (serial 70404, cancelled September 17, 2013); Convair 580 (serial 473, cancelled September 20, 1973); Douglas DC-8-55 (serial 45753, cancelled date not given). Histories keyed to the tail number alone can mix aircraft up; this check keys on the serial number. [2]
1 document received recently: Bill of sale (evidence of ownership) (September 23, 2026). [3]
2 NTSB records under N916R: Accident on July 5, 2008 at Neptune, NJ: fatal, destroyed (1 fatal). Accident on October 31, 2006 at Farmingdale, NJ: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
These live in the FAA aircraft records file (every document ever filed against the aircraft) and, for larger aircraft, the International Registry. Part of the full report.
AD compliance against the logbooks and flight-activity reconciliation are researched layers of the full report.
NTSB records 2
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Jahns Vans RV-7 · operated under 091
An in-flight loss of control for undetermined reasons.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for NYC08FA239 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Jahns RV-7 · operated under 091
A loss of engine power due to a disconnected throttle/power lever linkage. A contributingfactor was the owner/builder's improper installation of the throttle linkage.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for NYC07CA016 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through August 27, 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 2, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data