# N5SL: 2018 Waco Classic YMF-F5C - Status: Valid registration - Airframe: [Waco Classic YMF-F5C](https://openairdocs.org/model/waco-classic-ymf-f5c) (registry code 9600425, 3 seats) - Engine: [Jacobs R-755A2M](https://openairdocs.org/engine/jacobs-r-755a2m) (registry code 35020) - Data sheets: [TCDS E-237](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/E-237) (Air Repair Inc.) (OpenAirDocs) - Serial number: F5C-8-153 - Year built: 2018 - Type: Fixed wing single engine - Engine type: Reciprocating - Airworthiness: Standard, normal - Airworthiness date: December 18, 2024 - Certificate issued: December 9, 2024 - Expires: December 31, 2031 - Mode S code: A636D9 - Registered owner: [Lincke Sven](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/LINCKE%20SVEN) - Location: [Anchorage, AK](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/AK/Anchorage) - Owner type: Individual - Owner's area on the map: 61.1903° N, 149.9391° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 99517, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft is based - FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=5SL - Page: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5SL From the FAA registry file of October 22, 2026. ADs below are matched by the registry's airframe and engine model codes. They may apply; each AD's applicability can narrow it by serial number, part number or installed equipment. This is not a compliance determination. ## ADs that may apply (OpenAirDocs): 0 in force ### Matched by airframe (Waco Classic YMF-F5C) None in force. ### Matched by engine (Jacobs R-755A2M) None in force. ## Information bulletins (advisory) None matched. ## NTSB investigations None matched to N5SL. ## NTSB investigations on N5SL not matched to an aircraft (1) From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. - [NTSB CHI91LA273](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI91LA273), Sep 24, 1991: Piper PA-31-350 (N5SL), Columbus, NE, substantial damage. Probable cause: IMPROPER REFUELING BY GROUND PERSONNEL AND THE PILOT'S INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT. ## FAA accident and incident reports None matched to N5SL. ## Reports on N5SL not matched to an aircraft (1) They name N5SL, but no registry record covers the date, the aircraft registered then was built later, or the report describes another aircraft. - [Accident 19910924045499A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910924045499A), Sep 24, 1991: Piper PA31350 (N5SL), Columbus, NE, Substantial damage. Both engines quit on climbout. Force landed in tall cornfield. Aircraft had been serviced with jet fuel. ## Service difficulty reports None filed for this aircraft. Matched to this aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model. ## STCs that may be installed (OpenAirDocs) (7) Approved for this aircraft's airframe or engine model, in force first, then newest. The registry doesn't record which STCs an aircraft has; its records do. ### Approved for the engine (Jacobs R-755A2M) - [STC SE04651CH](https://openairdocs.org/stc/SE04651CH): To allow use of l00R grade aviation fuel meeting Swift Fuel, LLC specification SPEC-l00R-22. Swift Fuels LLC - [STC SE01966WI](https://openairdocs.org/stc/SE01966WI): Use of GAMI G100UL High Octane Unleaded Avgas in spark ignition piston aircraft engines. General Aviation Modifications Inc - [STC SE572SW](https://openairdocs.org/stc/SE572SW): Installation of Jacobs RAS325A exhaust valve rotocaps. Air Repair Inc - [STC SE8776SW](https://openairdocs.org/stc/SE8776SW): Installation of coated cylinders and piston rings. Continental Motors, Inc. Lists R-755A Series - [STC SE01288WI](https://openairdocs.org/stc/SE01288WI): Modification of Engines to replace carburetor with fuel injection. Data required: (1) Butterfly Aviation Master Drawing List Report BA1001-11, dated October 28, 2004, and (2) Butterfly Aviation Instructions for Continued Airworthiness Report BA1001-8, dated October 26, 2004, or later FAA Approved revisions to (1) or (2). Radial Engines Ltd - [STC SE01243WI](https://openairdocs.org/stc/SE01243WI): Installation of Barron Aviation intake tube drain kits on the engines listed on the attached FAA Approved Model List (AML) No. SE01243WI, dated April 26, 2004, or later FAA Approved revision. Barron Aviation - [STC SE639SW](https://openairdocs.org/stc/SE639SW): Continental W-670 link rods. Aircraft Engine Service Inc. Lists R-755A Series ## Earlier aircraft with N5SL The FAA can reassign an N-number once a registration is cancelled. These aircraft carried N5SL before. - [Cancelled 2013-04-30](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5SL-2013-04-30): Laughlin Aubrey S 601XL, S/N 001, built 2007. Registration expired, pending cancellation. Owner: [Laughlin Aubrey S](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/LAUGHLIN%20AUBREY%20S), [Waxahachie, TX](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/TX/Waxahachie) - [Cancelled 1989-06-29](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5SL-1989-06-29): Piper PA-31T1, S/N 31T8104032. N-number assigned, not yet registered ## Related - Other Waco Classic YMF-F5C aircraft: https://openairdocs.org/model/waco-classic-ymf-f5c/aircraft.md - The Jacobs R-755A2M engine: https://openairdocs.org/engine/jacobs-r-755a2m.md --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. 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