Rockwell International S-2R
N4859X is a Rockwell International S-2R, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with turboprop engines, built in 1974. It has 1 seat. It is registered to AG Aviation Equipment LLC, an LLC in Pond Creek, Oklahoma. The registration is valid: it was issued on June 26, 1997 and expires on October 31, 2027. It holds a restricted airworthiness certificate for agriculture and pest control, dated September 11, 1974.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Rockwell International
- Model
- S-2R · all S-2Rs and related versions
- Built of
- steel tube and aluminiumA welded steel-tube frame carries the loads, with aluminium (and some fibreglass) skins over it. The Thrush crop sprayer: steel-tube fuselage under aluminium skins. This is how the Rockwell International S-2 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
- 2051R
- 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 R1340 SERIES · 600 hp
- Seats
- 1
- Year built
- 1974
- Cruising speed
- 82 mph
- Transponder code
- A5FED5 (octal 51377325)
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 26, 1997
- Expires
- October 31, 2027
- Last FAA action
- March 24, 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 controlFAA certificate purpose code 1 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · September 11, 1974
- FAA region
- SouthwesternFAA region code 2 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00540355
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- AG Aviation Equipment LLC
- Type
- LLCFAA type of owner code 7 (who holds the registration: a person, a company, a trust or a government body). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Address
- 402 Riverview
Pond Creek, OK 73766-6000
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Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
Connections how N4859X links to the rest of the register
- Rockwell International S-2 98 registered
- Rockwell International 657 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 R1340 series 1,229 aircraft with this engine series · 600 hp
- AG Aviation Equipment LLC 1 aircraft registered to this organisation
- Pond Creek, OK 9 aircraft registered in this town
- Pond Creek Municipal · 2K1
- Oklahoma 5,650 aircraft registered
- Failure reports on the Pratt & Whitney R1340 series 58 reports since 1995
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The public federal record on N4859X, 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 AG Aviation Equipment LLC, an LLC, certificate issued June 26, 1997, expires October 31, 2027. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Restricted certificate for agriculture and pest control, dated September 11, 1974, consistent with the 1974 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 2051R for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N4859X 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 N4859X: Accident on June 18, 1997 at Pond Creek, OK: no injuries, destroyed. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Rockwell S-2R · operated under 137
loss of engine power for undetermined reason(s). A factor relating to the accident was: the lack of suitable terrain for a forced landing.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 23, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 23, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 23, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- 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