# Stits Flut-R-Bug SA6B

- Type: Aircraft model (FAA registry)
- Registry codes: 865043T, 865045D, 8650430, 8650432, 865043M, 865044H, 865045U
- Manufacturer (registry): STITS FLUT-R-BUG
- Model: SA6B
- Aircraft type: Fixed wing single engine
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: 1 · Reciprocating
- Seats: 2
- Weight class: Up to 12,499 lb
- Cruise speed: 78 mph
- Certification: Not type certificated
- Registered aircraft: 2
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/model/stits-flut-r-bug-sa6b

Model codes come from the FAA registry's reference file. ADs are matched to them by model name and maker. The FAA lists this model under more than one registry code, usually for different spellings of the maker. This page covers them all.

## 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 (2)

- [N156CV](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N156CV): [Huffnagle Beth V](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/HUFFNAGLE%20BETH%20V), [Mechanicsburg, PA](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/PA/Mechanicsburg), S/N 1
- [N4570P](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4570P): [Solomon Amy](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/SOLOMON%20AMY), [Indianapolis, IN](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/IN/Indianapolis), S/N P-2029

## NTSB investigations (3)

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 WPR09LA082](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR09LA082), Jan 14, 2009: Stits Flut-R-Bug SA6B (N3129), Los Olivos, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: A loss of engine power for undetermined reasons. Contributing to the accident was the pilot's improper decision to depart from a road with a known unresolved engine problem.
- [NTSB DFW07CA033](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW07CA033), Dec 2, 2006: Stits Flut-R-Bug SA6B (N3129), Camerson, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's improper landing flare and inadequate recovery from a bounced landing which resulted in a hard landing. A factor was the delayed remedial action by the flight instructor.
- [NTSB MKC68F0195](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC68F0195), Sep 2, 1967: Stits SA6-B (N4801E), Grinnell, IA, substantial damage

## FAA accident and incident reports (2)

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 20090114001259A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090114001259A), Jan 14, 2009: Stits SA6B (N3129), Los Olivos, CA, Substantial damage. Pilot had landed aircraft on figueroa mountain rd. after claiming to have experienced engine trouble. After conducting a successful engine run-up, he took off…
- [Accident 20061202030679A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20061202030679A), Dec 2, 2006: Amtr SA6B (N3129), Cameron, TX, Substantial damage. (-23) The two place tandem tricycle gear experimental airplane crashed during a second take-off abort on rwy 16 @ T35 airport, Cameron, Texas. Both pilots…

## The same model under other registry codes

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

- [Bishop Marvin L SA 6B](https://openairdocs.org/model/bishop-marvin-l-sa-6b): 1 registered aircraft, registry code 056189J
- [Ewing-Stits SA6B](https://openairdocs.org/model/ewing-stits-sa6b): 1 registered aircraft, registry code 865040Z
- [Stits SA6B](https://openairdocs.org/model/stits-sa6b): 1 registered aircraft, registry code 865042A
- [Wilson-Stits Flut-R-Bug SA6B](https://openairdocs.org/model/wilson-stits-flut-r-bug-sa6b): 1 registered aircraft, registry code 865048Z
- [Bay Stits Flut-R-Bug SA6B](https://openairdocs.org/model/bay-stits-flut-r-bug-sa6b): 1 registered aircraft, registry code 86504CB
- [Stits SA6B](https://openairdocs.org/model/stits-sa6b): 1 registered aircraft, registry code 86504Y7
- [Stits SA6B](https://openairdocs.org/model/stits-sa6b): 1 registered aircraft, registry code 86504YS
- [Stits SA6B](https://openairdocs.org/model/stits-sa6b): 1 registered aircraft, registry code 86504Z4
- [Stits SA6B](https://openairdocs.org/model/stits-sa6b): 1 registered aircraft, registry code 86504ZQ
- [Stits SA6B](https://openairdocs.org/model/stits-sa6b): 0 registered aircraft, registry code 865040J
- [Stits-Elkins 85 SA6B](https://openairdocs.org/model/stits-elkins-85-sa6b): 0 registered aircraft, registry code 8650426
- [Stits SA6B](https://openairdocs.org/model/stits-sa6b): 0 registered aircraft, registry code 865042R

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