# Stits PLAYBOY

- Type: Aircraft model (FAA registry)
- Registry code: 86502HB
- Manufacturer (registry): STITS
- Model: PLAYBOY
- Aircraft type: Fixed wing single engine
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: 1 · Reciprocating
- Seats: 1
- Weight class: Up to 12,499 lb
- Cruise speed: 112 mph
- Certification: Not type certificated
- Registered aircraft: 0
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/model/stits-playboy

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 (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 FTW92DRG01](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW92DRG01), Sep 26, 1992: Stits Playboy (N5579V), Fredericksburg, TX, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: THE INADVERTENT STALL.
- [NTSB IAD80FKM10](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD80FKM10), Feb 27, 1980: Stits Playby (N3732), China Grove, NC, destroyed, 1 fatal
- [NTSB MIA66A0139](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA66A0139), May 29, 1966: Stits Ray SA3 (N177S), Columbia, SC, destroyed, 1 fatal

## 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 19920926038799A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920926038799A), Sep 26, 1992: Amtrsa STITSSA3A (N5579V), Fredricksburg, TX, Destroyed, 1 fatal. Stalled crashed and burned while practicing agricultural spray turn arounds. Nose to high. Slid back on tail.
- [Accident 19800227004489A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800227004489A), Feb 27, 1980: Amtrsa STITSSJ (N3732), China Grove, NC, Destroyed. Performed loops over airport at a low altitude. Came out of a loop, then hit trees off end of runway.

## The same model under other registry codes

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

- [Stits PLAY BOY](https://openairdocs.org/model/stits-play-boy): 1 registered aircraft, registry code 86502HA
- [Lincoln PLAYBOY](https://openairdocs.org/model/lincoln-playboy): 0 registered aircraft, registry code 7680602
- [Flaig Stits PLAYBOY](https://openairdocs.org/model/flaig-stits-playboy): 0 registered aircraft, registry code 86502BR
- [Owens-Stitts PLAYBOY](https://openairdocs.org/model/owens-stitts-playboy): 0 registered aircraft, registry code 86502DA
- [Stits Playboy PLAYBOY](https://openairdocs.org/model/stits-playboy-playboy): 0 registered aircraft, registry code 86502NM

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