# Stits SA3B

- Type: Aircraft model (FAA registry)
- Registry codes: 86502L3, 86502L6, 86502KL, 86502KP, 86502KZ, 86502L5, 86502LV, 86502LX, 86502LZ, 86502MF
- Manufacturer (registry): STITS
- Model: SA3B
- 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: 2
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/model/stits-sa3b

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)

- [N1483](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1483): [Soper Timothy R](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/SOPER%20TIMOTHY%20R), [Rathdrum, ID](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/ID/Rathdrum), built 1970, S/N P-483
- [N25WM](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N25WM): [Mclearran William C Jr](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/MCLEARRAN%20WILLIAM%20C%20JR), [Oro Valley, AZ](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/AZ/Oro%20Valley), built 1972, S/N T0-452

## 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 MKC68F0188](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC68F0188), Sep 2, 1967: Stits SA3B (N1079Z), Owatonna, MN, substantial damage

## FAA accident and incident reports

None matched to aircraft with this model.

## The same model under other registry codes

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

- [Benjamin Cleveland SA-3B](https://openairdocs.org/model/benjamin-cleveland-sa-3b): 1 registered aircraft, registry code 05601E8
- [Stits Playboy SA3B](https://openairdocs.org/model/stits-playboy-sa3b): 1 registered aircraft, registry code 8650204
- [Stits Playboy SA3B](https://openairdocs.org/model/stits-playboy-sa3b): 1 registered aircraft, registry code 865020L
- [Stits Playboy SA3B](https://openairdocs.org/model/stits-playboy-sa3b): 1 registered aircraft, registry code 865020P
- [Stits Playboy SA3B](https://openairdocs.org/model/stits-playboy-sa3b): 1 registered aircraft, registry code 86502Y7
- [Stits Playboy SA3B](https://openairdocs.org/model/stits-playboy-sa3b): 1 registered aircraft, registry code 86502ZH
- [Dunning-Stits Playboy SA3B](https://openairdocs.org/model/dunning-stits-playboy-sa3b): 1 registered aircraft, registry code 86504AA
- [Teeter Gregory Eugene SA-3B](https://openairdocs.org/model/teeter-gregory-eugene-sa-3b): 1 registered aircraft, registry code 8651106
- [Stits Playboy SA3B](https://openairdocs.org/model/stits-playboy-sa3b): 0 registered aircraft, registry code 865020D
- [Stits Playboy SA3B](https://openairdocs.org/model/stits-playboy-sa3b): 0 registered aircraft, registry code 865020G
- [Stits Playboy SA3B](https://openairdocs.org/model/stits-playboy-sa3b): 0 registered aircraft, registry code 865020H
- [Stits Playboy SA3B](https://openairdocs.org/model/stits-playboy-sa3b): 0 registered aircraft, registry code 865020J

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