Air Tractor Inc AT-301
N23257 is an Air Tractor Inc AT-301, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine. It has 1 seat. It is registered to Phoenix Equipment Lc, an LLC in Nickerson, Kansas. The registration is valid: it was issued on January 2, 2020 and expires on January 31, 2027. It holds a restricted airworthiness certificate for agriculture and pest control, dated June 26, 1981.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Air Tractor Inc
- Model
- AT-301 · all AT-301s and related versions
- Serial number
- 301-0371
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · P & W R-1340-AN-1 · 550 hp
- Seats
- 1
- Year built
- Not given
- Cruising speed
- 71 mph
- Transponder code
- A21315 (octal 50411425)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- January 2, 2020
- Expires
- January 31, 2027
- Last FAA action
- January 22, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Restricted · Agriculture and pest control · June 26, 1981
- FAA region
- Central
- FAA record id
- 00322342
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Phoenix Equipment Lc
- Type
- LLC
- Address
- PO Box 27
Nickerson, KS 67561-0027
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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
Records check free · 2 to understand · 2 clear
The public federal record on N23257, 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 Phoenix Equipment Lc, an LLC, certificate issued January 2, 2020, expires January 31, 2027. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Restricted certificate for agriculture and pest control; the FAA file gives no certificate date and no manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 301-0371 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N23257 was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Cessna 150H (serial 15068829, cancelled April 17, 1972). Histories keyed to the tail number alone can mix aircraft up; this check keys on the serial number. [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 N23257: Accident on May 8, 2013 at Lyons, KS: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on July 25, 1985 at Bonita, LA: no 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-301 · operated under 137
The pilot's diverted attention after the door hinge failed and a piece of door glass struck the pilot, resulting in the airplane's descent into the crops and impact with terrain.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for CEN13LA265 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Air Tractor AT301 · operated under 137
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for FTW85LA298 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
- 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 August 27, 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