# Jett SHOESTRING

- Type: Aircraft model (FAA registry)
- Registry code: 0565939
- Manufacturer (registry): JETT
- Model: SHOESTRING
- Aircraft type: Fixed wing single engine
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: 1 · Reciprocating
- Seats: 1
- Weight class: Up to 12,499 lb
- Cruise speed: 85 mph
- Certification: Not type certificated
- Registered aircraft: 0
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/model/jett-shoestring

Model codes come from the FAA registry's reference file. ADs are matched to them by model name and maker.

## ADs that may apply (OpenAirDocs)

Matched to this model by model name and maker. Each AD's applicability may narrow it by serial number, part number or equipment.

None matched.

## Registered aircraft

None registered with this model now.

## 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 NYC84FIG04](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC84FIG04), Sep 10, 1984: Jett Shoestring (N53J), Gaithersburg, MD, destroyed, 1 fatal

## 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 19840901045119A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840901045119A), Sep 1, 1984: Amtrcd SHOESTRING (N53J), Gaithersburg, MD, Destroyed. Engine faltered on climbout. Pilot stalled aircraft in a steep turn to return. Had been having carb float problems.

## The same model under other registry codes

Amateur-built copies and renamed makers get their own codes.

- [Strode SHOESTRING](https://openairdocs.org/model/strode-shoestring): 1 registered aircraft, registry code 05611B1
- [Phillipson Justin SHOESTRING](https://openairdocs.org/model/phillipson-justin-shoestring): 1 registered aircraft, registry code 05634IK
- [Mercury Air SHOESTRING](https://openairdocs.org/model/mercury-air-shoestring): 0 registered aircraft, registry code 05601TV
- [Bates-James SHOESTRING](https://openairdocs.org/model/bates-james-shoestring): 0 registered aircraft, registry code 05659E5

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