- Registered owner
- Airplane Factory Inc
- Location
- Torrance, CA
- Owner type
- Non-citizen corporation
- Serial number
- 121GQ
- Year built
- 2026
- Type
- Fixed wing single engine
- Engine
- 4 cycle
- Airworthiness
- Experimental, amateur built
- Airworthiness date
- July 31, 2026
- Certificate issued
- March 25, 2026
- Expires
- March 31, 2033
- Mode S code
- ACAE6C
- Kit
- Sling Aircraft (Pty) Ltd SLING HW
From the FAA registry file of October 24, 2026. The registry lists only the engine series, so ADs for every Rotax 916 IS model are included below.
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Airworthiness directives that may apply · 0
Matched by this aircraft’s airframe and engine models. Each AD’s applicability may narrow it by serial number, part number or equipment.
No ADs matched this aircraft’s modelsADs on appliances, propellers and installed equipment aren’t matched by model; check those separately.
Information bulletins that may apply
Advisory, not mandatory.
No bulletins matched this aircraft’s models
NTSB investigations
No NTSB investigations matched to N916RMatched by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model. Investigations from before this aircraft carried the mark are under Earlier aircraft. Investigations on Ron Jones SLING HW aircraft
FAA incident reports
No FAA accident or incident reports matched to N916RMatched by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model. Reports from before this aircraft carried the mark are under Earlier aircraft. Reports on Ron Jones SLING HW aircraft
Reports on N916R not matched to an aircraft · 2
They name N916R, but no registry record covers the date, the aircraft registered then was built later, or the report describes another aircraft.
Incident 20010421008449IDoug DC915F · Salt Lake City, UT(-23) While inbound on decent the crew felt a severe vibration and indentified it as #2 engine. Power was reduced to idle and an uneventful landing was made. Maintenance removed the oil filter and found metal contamination. Engine was removed for repair.…Incident 20001206021339IDoug DC915F · Seattle, WA(-23) A/c was landing on sea runway 34L and was down to 90 knots on rollout. Pilots heard a loud thump and discovered that the nose wheels had struck a pothole and uplifted cement debris in the centerline of the runway. Pothole measured 2.5 ft by 2.5 ft by 8…
Service difficulty reports
No reports matched to N916RGeneral aviation reporting is voluntary. Matched to this aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model. Reports on Ron Jones SLING HW aircraft
Reports on N916R not matched to an aircraft · 14
They name N916R, but no registry record covers the date, the aircraft registered then was built later, or the report describes another aircraft.
SDR DKAA01012BBearing · failedENGINE WAS INDUCTED FOR MAINTENANCE MAY, 2001 FOR VIBRATION AND METAL CONTAMINATION OF THE OIL SYSTEM. TEARDOWN AND INSPECTION REVEALED A NR 6 BEARING FAILURE. A MORE DETAILED PIECE PART INSPECTION SHOWED NO OTHER DAMAGE ASSOCIATED WITH THIS DEFECT OF WHICH SDR DKAA01012AEngineNR 2 ENGINE HAS VIBRATION. REMOVED NR 2 ENGINE. SHIPPED TO ENGINE REPAIR CENTER, AWAITING RESULTS INVESTIGATION WORKSCOPE. (M)SDR DKAA01009Structure · damagedFOUND THREE ELONGATED HOLES AT LEFT XFS206, RIGHT XFS184, XFS184. REPAIRED PER DER DRAWING NR 57-01590-1, DATED 02/07/2001. AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO SERVICE. (M)
STCs that may be installed
No STCs matched this aircraft’s modelsSTCs change type-certificated designs, and this aircraft isn’t type certificated.
Earlier aircraft with this N-number · 3
These aircraft carried N916R before the one registered now. The FAA can assign a mark to another aircraft once a registration is cancelled.