Air Tractor Inc AT-401
N4549E is an Air Tractor Inc AT-401, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine. It has 1 seat. It is registered to Vertical Vegetation Management LLC, an LLC in Darlington, Indiana. The registration is valid: it was issued on March 9, 2021 and expires on March 31, 2028. It holds a restricted airworthiness certificate for agriculture and pest control, dated June 19, 1990.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Air Tractor Inc
- Model
- AT-401 · all AT-401s and related versions
- Serial number
- 401-0765
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · P&W R1340 SERIES · 600 hp
- Seats
- 1
- Year built
- Not given
- Transponder code
- A58490 (octal 51302220)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- March 9, 2021
- Expires
- March 31, 2028
- Last FAA action
- April 28, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Restricted · Agriculture and pest control · June 19, 1990
- FAA region
- Great Lakes
- FAA record id
- 00855081
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Vertical Vegetation Management LLC
- Type
- LLC
- Address
- 6655 N 700 E
Darlington, IN 47940-7005
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Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
Earlier use of this number 2
Records check free · 2 to understand · 2 clear
The public federal record on N4549E, 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 Vertical Vegetation Management LLC, an LLC, certificate issued March 9, 2021, expires March 31, 2028. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Restricted certificate for agriculture and pest control; the FAA file gives no certificate date and no manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 401-0765 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N4549E was previously assigned to 2 other aircraft: Aero Commander 680V (serial 1683-64, cancelled October 12, 1967); Aeronca 7DC (serial 7DC-151, cancelled May 23, 1963). Histories keyed to the tail number alone can mix aircraft up; this check keys on the serial number. [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 N4549E: Accident on June 9, 2015 at Wall, SD: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on July 2, 2001 at Ellinwood, KS: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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.
AD compliance against the logbooks and flight-activity reconciliation are researched layers of the full report.
NTSB records 2
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Air Tractor INC AT 401 · operated under 137
The pilot's failure to adjust the airplane's useful load to compensate for the high temperature, which resulted in an insufficient climb rate to clear surrounding terrain, and a runway excursion.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for GAA15CA117 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Air Tractor AT-401 · operated under 137
The pilot failed to see and avoid the guy wire during an aerial application flight. A factor associated with the accident was the guy wire.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for CHI01LA195 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