N3159D is not currently registered. It was last assigned to an Air Tractor Inc AT-301 built in 1982. The FAA cancelled the registration on September 3, 2022. The last status on file was "registration expired, pending cancellation".
N3159D is reserved by a private party since September 3, 2022. Reservation type: Two-year hold for canceled N-numbers.
Air Tractor Inc AT-301 cancelled September 3, 2022
- Serial number
- 301-0471
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine · Piston (reciprocating)
- Year built
- 1982
- Last status
- Registration expired, pending cancellation
- Certificate issued
- May 24, 2013
- Last FAA action
- December 10, 2018
- Last owner
- Rustys Flying Service (Corporation)
Dhanis, TX - Airworthiness
- Experimental · Exhibition
NTSB accident and incident record under N3159D
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Air Tractor INC AT-301 · serial 301-0471
The pilot's failure to properly set the airplane's flaps prior to takeoff.
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Air Tractor AT-301 · serial 301-0471
FAILURE OF THE NUMBER FIVE CYLINDER. FACTORS RELATED TO THE ACCIDENT WERE: THE PROXIMITY OF HOMES IN THE AREA, WHICH PRECLUDED JETTISONING OF THE CHEMICAL LOAD, AND HIGH VEGETATION IN THE EMERGENCY LANDING AREA.
A tail number passes between aircraft over the years; match the serial number on the NTSB record against the airframe above. Source: NTSB aviation accident database, records through September 30, 2026.
Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 2, 2026. See this number on the FAA site