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A Air Tractor Inc AT-802, the same model family as N396LA
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N396LA

Air Tractor Inc AT-802A

ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codesTexas
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N396LA is an Air Tractor Inc AT-802A, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with turboprop engines. It has 2 seats. It is registered to Neal Aircraft INC, a corporation in Slaton, Texas. The registration is valid: it was issued on October 30, 2023 and expires on October 31, 2030. It holds a restricted airworthiness certificate for agriculture and pest control; forest, dated June 18, 2009.

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Aircraft

Maker
Air Tractor Inc
Model
AT-802A · all AT-802As and related versions
Built of
steel tube and aluminium
A welded steel-tube frame carries the loads, with aluminium (and some fibreglass) skins over it. A crop sprayer and fire bomber: welded steel-tube fuselage under aluminium skins. This is how the Air Tractor Inc AT-802 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
802A-0331
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-65AG · 1300 hp
Seats
2
Year built
Not given
Transponder code
A49A0E (octal 51115016)

Registration

Status
Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Certificate issued
October 30, 2023
Expires
October 31, 2030
Last FAA action
October 30, 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 · June 18, 2009
FAA region
SouthwesternFAA region code 2 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
FAA record id
01031592

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Neal Aircraft 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
12106 Fm 400
Slaton, TX 79364-7564

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Documents on file 0

No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.

Connections how N396LA links to the rest of the register

Design
Engine
Owner
  • Neal Aircraft INC 21 aircraft in the fleet
  • Holds an FAA aircraft dealer certificate · expired
Place
Record
Airworthiness
Analytics
Live

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Records check free · 1 to understand · 3 clear

The public federal record on N396LA, 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.

CLEARRegistration and identity

Valid registration to Neal Aircraft INC, a corporation, certificate issued October 30, 2023, expires October 31, 2030. No fractional interest recorded. [1]

NOTEAirworthiness certificate

Restricted certificate for agriculture and pest control; forest; the FAA file gives no certificate date and no manufacture year. [1]

CLEARPrior registrations of this airframe

No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 802A-0331 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

CLEARTail number reuse

No other airframe has carried N396LA according to the deregistered file. [2]

NOTERecent registry documents

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]

ATTENTIONAccident and incident record

1 NTSB record under N396LA: Accident on July 22, 2011 at Ullin, IL: minor injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]

PENDINGTitle chain, liens and 337 forms

These live in the FAA aircraft records file (every document ever filed against the aircraft) and, for larger aircraft, the International Registry. Part of the full report.

PENDINGAirworthiness directives and utilization

AD compliance against the logbooks and flight-activity reconciliation are researched layers of the full report.

NTSB records 1

CEN11LA544Accident on July 22, 2011 at Ullin, IL: minor injuries, substantial damage.

Aircraft on the NTSB record: Air Tractor AT802 · operated under 137

The loss of engine power for reasons that could not be determined because postaccident examination of the engine did not reveal any anomalies that would have precluded normal operation.

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CLEAR the source was checked and shows no adverse findingATTENTION a fact a buyer or lender should understand, often routineNOTE context onlyPENDING covered by the full report
  1. FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 23, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  2. FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 23, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  3. FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 23, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  4. NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through September 30, 2026. data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

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Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 23, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data