# Nicholas-Stits Playmate SA-11A

- Type: Aircraft model (FAA registry)
- Registry code: 86509MK
- Manufacturer (registry): NICHOLAS-STITS PLAYMATE
- Model: SA-11A
- Aircraft type: Fixed wing single engine
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: 1 · Reciprocating
- Seats: 2
- Weight class: Up to 12,499 lb
- Cruise speed: 105 mph
- Certification: Not type certificated
- Registered aircraft: 0
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/model/nicholas-stits-playmate-sa-11a

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 CHI82DA170](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI82DA170), May 15, 1982: Playmate SA11A (N4652), Pendleton, IN, substantial damage

## 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 19820515015929A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820515015929A), May 15, 1982: Amtrsa STITSSA11A (N4652), Pendleton, IN, Substantial damage. Lost power, landed in a soft soybean field and flipped over. Inner baffle tubes in muffler collapsed.

## The same model under other registry codes

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

- [Stits Playmate SA-11A](https://openairdocs.org/model/stits-playmate-sa-11a): 2 registered aircraft, registry code 86509PC
- [Stits Playmate SA-11-A](https://openairdocs.org/model/stits-playmate-sa-11-a): 1 registered aircraft, registry code 86509MB
- [Cochran-Stitts SA-11A](https://openairdocs.org/model/cochran-stitts-sa-11a): 1 registered aircraft, registry code 86509MD
- [Helsop-Stitts Playmate SA-11A](https://openairdocs.org/model/helsop-stitts-playmate-sa-11a): 1 registered aircraft, registry code 86509ME
- [Berkey Jess B SA-11A](https://openairdocs.org/model/berkey-jess-b-sa-11a): 0 registered aircraft, registry code 05601BC
- [Barnhart SA-11A](https://openairdocs.org/model/barnhart-sa-11a): 0 registered aircraft, registry code 86509BA
- [Stits SA-11A](https://openairdocs.org/model/stits-sa-11a): 0 registered aircraft, registry code 86509J4
- [Grubert-Stitts Playmate SA11A](https://openairdocs.org/model/grubert-stitts-playmate-sa11a): 0 registered aircraft, registry code 86509LZ
- [Hartley-Stits Playmate SA-11A](https://openairdocs.org/model/hartley-stits-playmate-sa-11a): 0 registered aircraft, registry code 86509MC
- [Deweese-Stitts SA-11A](https://openairdocs.org/model/deweese-stitts-sa-11a): 0 registered aircraft, registry code 86509MF
- [Carlson Stitts Playmate SA-11A](https://openairdocs.org/model/carlson-stitts-playmate-sa-11a): 0 registered aircraft, registry code 86509MG
- [Stevenson-Stitts Playmate SA-11A](https://openairdocs.org/model/stevenson-stitts-playmate-sa-11a): 0 registered aircraft, registry code 86509MH

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