Air Tractor Inc AT-502
N198LA is an Air Tractor Inc AT-502, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with turboprop engines, built in 1993. It has 1 seat. It is registered to Vissair LLC, an LLC in Rigby, Idaho. The registration is valid: it was issued on October 4, 2021 and expires on October 31, 2028. It holds a restricted airworthiness certificate for agriculture and pest control, dated June 28, 1993.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Air Tractor Inc
- Model
- AT-502 · all AT-502s and related versions
- Serial number
- 502-0198
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine
- Power
- Turboprop, 1 motor · P&W PT6A SER · 750 hp
- Seats
- 1
- Year built
- 1993
- Transponder code
- A186DE (octal 50303336)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- October 4, 2021
- Expires
- October 31, 2028
- Last FAA action
- June 16, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Restricted · Agriculture and pest control · June 28, 1993
- FAA region
- Northwest Mountain
- FAA record id
- 00304452
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Vissair LLC
- Type
- LLC
- Address
- 3906 Airport Way #6
Rigby, ID 83442-1508
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Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
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The public federal record on N198LA, read the way a buyer, lender or insurer reads it: FAA registration, prior tail numbers keyed on the serial number, reuse of the tail number, recent registry filings, and the NTSB accident record under this and every earlier registration.
Valid registration to Vissair LLC, an LLC, certificate issued October 4, 2021, expires October 31, 2028. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Restricted certificate for agriculture and pest control, dated June 28, 1993, consistent with the 1993 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 502-0198 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N198LA according to the deregistered file. [2]
No bills of sale, loans or releases have reached the registry in recent weeks. The index covers only recent filings; older liens are in the records file. [3]
2 NTSB records under N198LA: Accident on February 7, 2013 at Forrest City, AR: minor injuries, substantial damage. Accident on May 29, 2009 at Mendota, IL: minor injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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AD compliance against the logbooks and flight-activity reconciliation are researched layers of the full report.
NTSB records 2
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Air Tractor INC AT-502 · operated under 091
The in-flight separation of the left aileron's push-pull rod and hardware. Contributing to the accident was the failure of maintenance personnel to apply proper torque to the self-locking nuts.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Air Tractor INC. AT-502 · operated under 137
The pilot's inadequate preflight planning and preparation and his failure to perform an aborted takeoff.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through September 30, 2026. data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search
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Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 2, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data