Single-engine piston

N78TW

2020 Homebuilt SLING 2

Registered No accidents on file
Built
2020
Serial
289K
Class
Single-engine piston
Engines
Rotax 912ULS series
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registered owner
Individual · sign in to see
Based
Pasco, WA
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Registration record

N78TW on the FAA register

Type
2020 Homebuilt SLING 2
Serial
289K
Engines
Rotax 912ULS series
Registered owner
Individual — the name of an individual registrant is shown to signed-in users. Sign in
Pasco, WA
Certificate issued
2024-02-12
Airworthiness date
2020-06-30
Registration expires
2031-02-28
Airworthiness class
Experimental · amateur-built
Mode S (hex)
AA8FEB
Mode S (octal)
52507753
Seats (type)
2
Weight class
up to 12,499 lb
Kit
Airplane Factory SLING 2
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registry history

Timeline

  • 2031-02-28
    Registration expires (renewal due).
  • 2024-02-12
    Certificate of registration issued as N78TW to the current registrant.
  • 2020-06-30
    Airworthiness date on the current FAA record (experimental category (amateur-built)).
  • 1991-02-06
    N78TW previously assigned to a Beechcraft B60 Duke (s/n P445); cancelled.
Overview

About N78TW

N78TW is a 2020 Homebuilt SLING 2, serial number 289K. It is registered to an individual in Pasco, Washington. The current certificate of registration was issued on February 12, 2024 and expires on February 28, 2031.

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 experimental category (amateur-built), dated June 30, 2020.

No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices are on file for this airframe as N78TW. 1 earlier record involves a different aircraft that carried the same N-number.

Safety record

Accident & incident history

1989-06-20 Accident · Gaston, SC Damage: Destroyed Fatal injury NTSB · ATL89FA165
Reported aircraft: Beechcraft B-60 — a different aircraft that carried the N78TW registration before this airframe.
Probable cause: THE PILOT EXERCISED QUESTIONABLE JUDGEMENT IN INITIATING A FLIGHT INTO AN AREA OF KNOWN THUNDERSTORMS. FURTHER, EITHER DELIBERATELY OR INADVERTANTLY ENTERED A THUNDERSTORM AND OVERSTRESSED THE AIRFRAME STRUCTURE RESULTING IN AN INFLIGHT SEPARATION OF THE AERODYNAMIC SURFACES.

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.