# N434K: Stits Playboy SA3A, registration cancelled 1990-12-24

- Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft)
- Cancelled: December 24, 1990
- Status when cancelled: Triennial form not returned
- Airframe: [Stits Playboy SA3A](https://openairdocs.org/model/stits-playboy-sa3a) (registry code 86502VZ)
- Serial number: 1
- Type of aircraft: Fixed wing single engine
- Certificate issued: June 20, 1956
- Last registry action: May 31, 1989
- Mode S code: A532DB
- Owner when cancelled: [Frost James Edward](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/FROST%20JAMES%20EDWARD)
- Location: [Tulsa, OK](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/OK/Tulsa)
- Owner type: Individual
- Owner's area on the map: 36.0974° N, 95.9611° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 74105, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based
- The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N434K
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=434K
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N434K-1990-12-24

From the FAA registry file of October 31, 2026, cancelled registrations. Owners' street addresses are left out. The Mode S code belongs to the N-number, not the airframe.

ADs and bulletins for the Stits Playboy SA3A: https://openairdocs.org/model/stits-playboy-sa3a.md

## NTSB investigations (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 FTW90DPJ06](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW90DPJ06), Jun 2, 1990: Stits SA-3A Playboy (N434K), Bartlesville, OK, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: AN INADVERTENT STALL.

## FAA accident and incident reports (1)

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [Accident 19900602018159A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900602018159A), Jun 2, 1990: Amtrsa STITSSA3A (N434K), Bartlesville, OK, Destroyed, 1 fatal. Stalled and spun vertically to ground after entering a left turnout after takeoff.

## Other aircraft with N434K

- [Cancelled 2017-10-24](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N434K-2017-10-24): Piper PA-28-161, S/N 288116028, built 1981. Exported to Panama. Owner: [Xxx, OK](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/OK/Xxx)

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