Air Tractor Inc AT-301
N3659T is an Air Tractor Inc AT-301, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1981. It has 1 seat. It is registered to Aura LLC, an LLC in Elsie, Michigan. The registration is valid: it was issued on April 22, 2019 and expires on April 30, 2029. It holds a restricted airworthiness certificate for aerial advertising; agriculture and pest control, dated January 20, 1981.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Air Tractor Inc
- Model
- AT-301 · all AT-301s and related versions
- Serial number
- 301-0329
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · P&W R1340 SERIES · 600 hp
- Seats
- 1
- Year built
- 1981
- Cruising speed
- 71 mph
- Transponder code
- A42284 (octal 51021204)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- April 22, 2019
- Expires
- April 30, 2029
- Last FAA action
- July 28, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Restricted · Aerial advertising; Agriculture and pest control · January 20, 1981
- FAA region
- Great Lakes
- FAA record id
- 00953233
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Aura LLC
- Type
- LLC
- Address
- 7870 E S Gratiot CO Line Rd
Elsie, MI 48831-9632
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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 N3659T, 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 Aura LLC, an LLC, certificate issued April 22, 2019, expires April 30, 2029. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Restricted certificate for aerial advertising; agriculture and pest control, dated January 20, 1981, consistent with the 1981 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 301-0329 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N3659T 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 N3659T: Accident on June 20, 2003 at Covert, MI: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on July 31, 1998 at Mentha, MI: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 2
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Air Tractor AT-301 · operated under 137
Failure of the pilot to verify fuel quantity prior to the accident flight, and fuel exhaustion resulting in a loss of engine power. Contributing factors were the soft, rough, unsuitable terrain for a forced landing.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for CHI03LA170 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Air Tractor AT-301 · operated under 137
the pilot's improper inflight decision to land the airplane on the gravel covered road with an uneven surface that had corn growing next to its edge. A factor in this accident was the pilot selecting an unsuitable landing area.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for CHI98LA290 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