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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of November 4, 2026Air Tractor Inc AT-502A
N290LA is an Air Tractor Inc AT-502A, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with turboprop engines, built in 2018. It has 1 seat. It is registered to Ascend AG INC, a corporation in Wall, South Dakota. The registration is valid: it was issued on June 4, 2022 and expires on June 30, 2029. It holds a restricted airworthiness certificate for agriculture and pest control; forest, dated March 16, 2018.
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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-3137
- 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
- 2018
- Transponder code
- A2F675 (octal 50573165)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- June 4, 2022
- Expires
- June 30, 2029
- Last FAA action
- August 11, 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 · March 16, 2018
- FAA region
- Great LakesFAA region code C (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 01272325
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Ascend AG 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
- PO Box 413
Wall, SD 57790-0413
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Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
Connections how N290LA links to the rest of the register
- Air Tractor Inc AT-502 502 registered
- Air Tractor Inc 1,811 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
- Ascend AG INC 6 aircraft in the fleet
- Wall, SD 9 aircraft registered in this town
- Wall Municipal · 6V4
- South Dakota 2,276 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 N290LA, 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 Ascend AG INC, a corporation, certificate issued June 4, 2022, expires June 30, 2029. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Restricted certificate for agriculture and pest control; forest, dated March 16, 2018, consistent with the 2018 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 502A-3137 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N290LA 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]
1 NTSB record under N290LA: Accident on June 18, 2023 at Sturgis, SD: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Air Tractor INC AT-502 · operated under 137
The pilot’s improper timing to initiate beta mode with the propeller and his failure to maintain directional during the full load landing that resulted in a runway excursion. Contributing to the accident was the pilot’s lack of recent experience with performing a full load landing and the high-density altitude that likely affected aircraft performance during the landing.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of November 4, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of November 4, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of November 4, 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 4, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data