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N556AM

Alan Hoekstra SLING TSI

N556AM is an Alan Hoekstra SLING TSI, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a four-stroke engine, built in 2025. It has 4 seats. It is registered to Airplane Factory INC, a non-citizen corporation in Torrance, California. The registration is valid: it was issued on April 16, 2025 and expires on April 30, 2032. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for amateur built, dated April 25, 2025.

Aircraft

Maker
Alan Hoekstra
Model
SLING TSI
Serial number
553SK
Type
Fixed-wing, single engine
Power
Four-cycle piston, 1 motor · Rotax 916 IS · 160 hp
Seats
4
Year built
2025
Kit
SLING AIRCRAFT (PTY) LTD SLING TSI
Transponder code
A715C1 (octal 51612701)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
April 16, 2025
Expires
April 30, 2032
Last FAA action
April 16, 2025
Airworthiness
Experimental · Amateur built · April 25, 2025
FAA region
Western-Pacific
FAA record id
01497572

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Airplane Factory INC
Type
Non-citizen corporation
Address
3401 Airport Dr
Torrance, CA 90505-6157

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Documents on file 0

No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.

Earlier use of this number 1

2022-10-06Eurocopter AS 350 B2 · exported to New Zealand · Valid registration

Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, September 25, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data