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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of November 10, 2026Air Tractor Inc AT-502A
N254LA is an Air Tractor Inc AT-502A, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with turboprop engines, built in 2016. It has 1 seat. It is registered to Obriens Flying Service INC, a corporation in Iowa, Louisiana. The registration is valid: it was issued on January 17, 2017 and expires on January 31, 2030. It holds a restricted airworthiness certificate for agriculture and pest control; forest, dated July 22, 2016.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Air Tractor Inc
- Model
- AT-502A · all AT-502As and related versions
- Built of
- steel tube and aluminiumA welded steel-tube frame carries the loads, with aluminium (and some fibreglass) skins over it. A crop sprayer: welded steel-tube fuselage under aluminium skins, aluminium wings. This is how the Air Tractor Inc AT-502 family is built; the FAA does not record construction for each aircraft, and the type certificate data sheet is the authority for this one.
- Serial number
- 502A-3054
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engineFAA type of aircraft code 4 (the FAA's broad category for the airframe). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Power
- TurbopropFAA type of engine code 2 (what powers it, as the FAA classes engines). Every aircraft with this code · All codes, 1 motor · P&W Canada PT6A-140AG · 867 hp
- Fuel
- Jet A
- Seats
- 1
- Year built
- 2016
- Transponder code
- A26755 (octal 50463525)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- January 17, 2017
- Expires
- January 31, 2030
- Last FAA action
- September 29, 2023
- Airworthiness
- RestrictedFAA airworthiness class code 3 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). Every aircraft with this code · All codes · Agriculture and pest control; ForestFAA certificate purpose code 14 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · July 22, 2016
- FAA region
- SouthwesternFAA region code 2 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 01213656
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Obriens Flying Service INC
- Type
- CorporationFAA type of owner code 3 (who holds the registration: a person, a company, a trust or a government body). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Address
- 22519 Hwy 90E
PO Box 607
Iowa, LA 70647-0607
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Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
Connections how N254LA links to the rest of the register
- Air Tractor Inc AT-502 502 registered
- Air Tractor Inc 1,812 aircraft on the register
- Built of steel tube and aluminium · as the model family is built; the register does not record it per aircraft
- Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-140AG 75 aircraft with this engine series · 867 hp
- Type certificate A17SW · held by Air Tractor INC
- Obriens Flying Service INC 2 aircraft registered to this organisation
- Iowa, LA 10 aircraft registered in this town
- Louisiana 3,729 aircraft registered
- FAA orders naming the Air Tractor Inc AT-502 19 airworthiness directives
- Failure reports filed on the Air Tractor Inc AT-502 53 reports since 1995
- Approved modifications for the Air Tractor Inc AT-502 78 supplemental type certificates
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The public federal record on N254LA, 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 Obriens Flying Service INC, a corporation, certificate issued January 17, 2017, expires January 31, 2030. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Restricted certificate for agriculture and pest control; forest, dated July 22, 2016, consistent with the 2016 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 502A-3054 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N254LA 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 N254LA: Accident on February 12, 2026 at Sulphur, LA: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on July 26, 2018 at Iowa, LA: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 2
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Air Tractor AT-502A · operated under 137
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Air Tractor AT502 · operated under 137
The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during the landing roll.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of November 10, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of November 10, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of November 10, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through October 28, 2026. data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search
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Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, November 10, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data