# Stearns Dick R LONGSTER

- Type: Aircraft model (FAA registry)
- Registry code: 056185T
- Manufacturer (registry): STEARNS DICK R
- Model: LONGSTER
- Aircraft type: Fixed wing single engine
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: 1 · Reciprocating
- Seats: 1
- Weight class: Up to 12,499 lb
- Certification: Not type certificated
- Registered aircraft: 0
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/model/stearns-dick-r-longster

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 NYC91DFJ01](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC91DFJ01), Jul 1, 1991: Sterns Sterns Longster (N891DS), Mayville, NY, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: THE FAILURE OF THE PILOT TO MAINTAIN AIRSPEED, WHICH RESULTED IN A STALL AND SPIN AT A LOW ALTITUDE. ALSO CAUSAL TO THE ACCIDENT WAS THE LACK OF EXPERIENCE OF THE PILOT IN THIS MAKE AND MODEL…

## 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 19910701025179A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910701025179A), Jul 1, 1991: Amtr LONGSTER (N891DS), Mayville, NY, Destroyed, 1 fatal. Stalled and spun into gravel pit on homebuilt test flight.

## The same model under other registry codes

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

- [York Leon LONGSTER](https://openairdocs.org/model/york-leon-longster): 1 registered aircraft, registry code 05620EV
- [Eaton Robert B LONGSTER](https://openairdocs.org/model/eaton-robert-b-longster): 0 registered aircraft, registry code 05616EH
- [Statkus S P LONGSTER](https://openairdocs.org/model/statkus-s-p-longster): 0 registered aircraft, registry code 05624KW
- [Medve LONGSTER](https://openairdocs.org/model/medve-longster): 0 registered aircraft, registry code 0562696
- [Anderson Hollis D LONGSTER](https://openairdocs.org/model/anderson-hollis-d-longster): 0 registered aircraft, registry code 056341F
- [Baden LONGSTER](https://openairdocs.org/model/baden-longster): 0 registered aircraft, registry code 0563453
- [Lusk LONGSTER](https://openairdocs.org/model/lusk-longster): 0 registered aircraft, registry code 0565702

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