# Stitts Playboy SA-3A

- Type: Aircraft model (FAA registry)
- Registry code: 86502JW
- Manufacturer (registry): STITTS PLAYBOY
- Model: SA-3A
- 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: 1
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/model/stitts-playboy-sa-3a

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 (1)

- [N4985E](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4985E): [Amar James E](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/AMAR%20JAMES%20E), [Goodyear, AZ](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/AZ/Goodyear), S/N P245

## 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 UNK64X3790](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/UNK64X3790), Sep 5, 1964: Stits SA3B (N4985E), Mobridge, SD, destroyed

## 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.

- [Stits Playboy SA3A](https://openairdocs.org/model/stits-playboy-sa3a): 1 registered aircraft, registry code 865020M
- [Johnson Stitts Playboy SA3A](https://openairdocs.org/model/johnson-stitts-playboy-sa3a): 1 registered aircraft, registry code 86502B3
- [Dangler Stits Playboy SA3A](https://openairdocs.org/model/dangler-stits-playboy-sa3a): 1 registered aircraft, registry code 86502BF
- [Stits SA3A](https://openairdocs.org/model/stits-sa3a): 1 registered aircraft, registry code 86502J3
- [Stits SA3A](https://openairdocs.org/model/stits-sa3a): 1 registered aircraft, registry code 86502JT
- [Stits SA3A](https://openairdocs.org/model/stits-sa3a): 1 registered aircraft, registry code 86502KD
- [Stits SA3A](https://openairdocs.org/model/stits-sa3a): 1 registered aircraft, registry code 86502KE
- [Tomblingson-Stitts Playboy SA3A](https://openairdocs.org/model/tomblingson-stitts-playboy-sa3a): 1 registered aircraft, registry code 86502KG
- [Stits Playboy SA3A](https://openairdocs.org/model/stits-playboy-sa3a): 1 registered aircraft, registry code 86502PH
- [Stits Playboy SA3A](https://openairdocs.org/model/stits-playboy-sa3a): 1 registered aircraft, registry code 86502QZ
- [Stits Playboy SA3A](https://openairdocs.org/model/stits-playboy-sa3a): 1 registered aircraft, registry code 86502RV
- [Stits Playboy SA3A](https://openairdocs.org/model/stits-playboy-sa3a): 1 registered aircraft, registry code 86502S1

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