Single-engine piston

N8865S

Homebuilt SLING TSI

Registered No accidents on file

Built

—

Serial

653SQ

Class

Single-engine piston

Engines

Status

Current as of October 2026

Registered owner

Double Rate LLC (LLC)

Based

Kalispell, MT

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Registration record

N8865S on the FAA register

Type

Homebuilt SLING TSI

Serial

653SQ

Engines

Registered owner

Double Rate LLC

Kalispell, MT

Certificate issued

2026-04-13

Airworthiness date

—

Registration expires

2033-04-30

Airworthiness class

—

Mode S (hex)

AC3737

Mode S (octal)

53033467

Seats (type)

Weight class

up to 12,499 lb

Kit

Sling Aircraft (Pty) Ltd SLING TSI

Status

Current as of October 2026

Registry history

Timeline

2033-04-30
Registration expires (renewal due).
2026-04-13
Certificate of registration issued as N8865S to the current registrant.
1989-12-04
N8865S previously assigned to a Air Tractor AT-301 (s/n 3010219); cancelled.

Overview

About N8865S

N8865S is a Homebuilt SLING TSI, serial number 653SQ. The FAA register lists Double Rate LLC as the registrant in Kalispell, Montana. The current certificate of registration was issued on April 13, 2026 and expires on April 30, 2033.

The FAA aircraft reference file describes the type as a single-engine piston and 4 seats.

No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices are on file for this airframe as N8865S. 1 earlier record involves a different aircraft that carried the same N-number.

Safety record

Accident & incident history

1987-03-14 Accident · Oluskee, OK Damage: Substantial NTSB · FTW87DPJ04

Reported aircraft: Air Tractor 301 — a different aircraft that carried the N8865S registration before this airframe.

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.