{"airworthiness_class":"","airworthiness_date":"","airworthiness_ops":"","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"2026-03-25","city":"TORRANCE","country_code":"US","county_code":"037","cruise_speed_mph":null,"data_date":"2026-10-02","documents":[{"collateral_type":"Aircraft","doc_type":"Bill of sale (evidence of ownership)","doc_type_code":"BOS","party":"","receipt_date":"2026-09-23"}],"eng_mfr_mdl":"","engine_horsepower":null,"engine_maker":"","engine_model":"","engine_thrust_lb":null,"expiration_date":"2033-03-31","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":1,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"piston-singles","kit_mfr":"SLING AIRCRAFT (PTY) LTD","kit_model":"SLING HW","last_action_date":"2026-03-25","maker":"Ron Jones","maker_country":null,"maker_raw":"RON JONES","maker_segment":null,"mfr_mdl_code":"05643OW","mode_s_code":"53127154","mode_s_hex":"ACAE6C","model":"SLING HW","n_number":"N916R","name":"AIRPLANE FACTORY INC","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"Neptune","damage":"DEST","date":"2008-07-05","highest_injury":"FATL","ntsb_no":"NYC08FA239","probable_cause":"An in-flight loss of control for undetermined reasons.","registration":"N916R","state":"NJ","summary":"Accident on July 5, 2008 at Neptune, NJ: fatal, destroyed (1 fatal).","type":"ACC"},{"city":"Farmingdale","damage":"SUBS","date":"2006-10-31","highest_injury":"NONE","ntsb_no":"NYC07CA016","probable_cause":"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.","registration":"N916R","state":"NJ","summary":"Accident on October 31, 2006 at Farmingdale, NJ: no injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":1,"other_names":"","plain_english":"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).","records_check":[{"finding":"Valid registration to Airplane Factory INC, a non-citizen corporation, certificate issued March 25, 2026, expires March 31, 2033. No fractional interest recorded.","item":"Registration and identity","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"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.","item":"Airworthiness certificate","source":1,"status":"ATTENTION"},{"finding":"No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 121GQ for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"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.","item":"Tail number reuse","source":2,"status":"ATTENTION"},{"finding":"1 document received recently: Bill of sale (evidence of ownership) (September 23, 2026).","item":"Recent registry documents","source":3,"status":"NOTE"},{"finding":"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.","item":"Accident and incident record","source":4,"status":"ATTENTION"},{"finding":"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.","item":"Title chain, liens and 337 forms","source":null,"status":"PENDING"},{"finding":"AD compliance against the logbooks and flight-activity reconciliation are researched layers of the full report.","item":"Airworthiness directives and utilization","source":null,"status":"PENDING"}],"records_check_sources":[{"n":1,"name":"FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file","url":"https://registry.faa.gov/"},{"n":2,"name":"FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download)","url":"https://registry.faa.gov/"},{"n":3,"name":"FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks","url":"https://registry.faa.gov/"},{"n":4,"name":"NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL)","url":"https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search"}],"region":"Western-Pacific","region_code":"4","registrant_type":"Non-citizen corporation","registrant_type_code":"8","seats":4,"serial_number":"121GQ","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"CA","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"3401 AIRPORT DR","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Fixed-wing, single engine","type_aircraft_code":"4","type_engine":"Four-cycle piston","type_engine_code":"8","unique_id":"01539525","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N916R","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":null,"zip":"905056157"}