# Wade Stits SA3A

- Type: Aircraft model (FAA registry)
- Registry code: 865022C
- Manufacturer (registry): WADE STITS
- Model: SA3A
- Aircraft type: Fixed wing single engine
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: 1 · Reciprocating
- Seats: 1
- Weight class: Up to 12,499 lb
- Cruise speed: 105 mph
- Certification: Not type certificated
- Registered aircraft: 0
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/model/wade-stits-sa3a

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 CHI72FEV36](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI72FEV36), Jun 25, 1972: Stits SA-3A (N1039Z), Pittsfield, IL, 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.

- [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
- [Stitts Playboy SA-3A](https://openairdocs.org/model/stitts-playboy-sa-3a): 1 registered aircraft, registry code 86502JW
- [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

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