Single-engine piston

N165TW

2016 Airplane Factory (Pty) Ltd The SLING

Registered No accidents on file
Built
2016
Serial
201
Class
Single-engine piston
Engines
Rotax 912ULS series
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registered owner
Fly Compton Aeronautical Education Foundation (Corporation)
Based
Compton, CA
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Registration record

N165TW on the FAA register

Type
2016 Airplane Factory (Pty) Ltd The SLING
Serial
201
Engines
Rotax 912ULS series
Registered owner
Fly Compton Aeronautical Education Foundation
Compton, CA
Certificate issued
2026-03-25
Airworthiness date
2016-06-01
Registration expires
2033-03-31
Airworthiness class
Light sport · airplane
Mode S (hex)
A105FF
Mode S (octal)
50202777
Seats (type)
2
Weight class
up to 12,499 lb
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registry history

Timeline

  • 2033-03-31
    Registration expires (renewal due).
  • 2026-03-25
    Certificate of registration issued as N165TW to the current registrant.
  • 2016-06-01
    Airworthiness date on the current FAA record (light sport category (airplane)).
  • 2009-11-16
    N165TW previously assigned to a Dassault Fan Jet Falcon (s/n 65); cancelled.
Overview

About N165TW

N165TW is a 2016 Airplane Factory (Pty) Ltd The SLING, serial number 201. The FAA register lists Fly Compton Aeronautical Education Foundation as the registrant in Compton, California. The current certificate of registration was issued on March 25, 2026 and expires on March 31, 2033.

The FAA aircraft reference file describes the type as a single-engine piston, one Rotax 912ULS series engine and 2 seats. Its airworthiness certificate is light sport category (airplane), dated June 1, 2016.

No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices are on file for this airframe as N165TW. 1 earlier record involves a different aircraft that carried the same N-number.

Safety record

Accident & incident history

2008-12-21 Accident · Jamestown, NY Damage: Substantial NTSB · ERA09LA282
Reported aircraft: Dassault Fan Jet — a different aircraft that carried the N165TW registration before this airframe.
Probable cause: The inability to stop the airplane on the remaining runway because of icy runway conditions. A factor was the failure of the drag chute to properly deploy.

Sources: NTSB aviation accident database and CAROL case system, FAA preliminary accident & incident notices. Search accident records

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Data: FAA Aircraft Registry (October 2026), including deregistered aircraft; NTSB and FAA accident data; fyiAero listing history. Individual owners' names are shown to signed-in users and street addresses are never shown. Type figures are published specifications, not this aircraft's.