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A Air Tractor Inc AT-802, the same model family as N490SF
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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of October 23, 2026
N490SF

Air Tractor Inc AT-802A

ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codesNebraska

N490SF is an Air Tractor Inc AT-802A, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with turboprop engines, built in 2024. It has 2 seats. It is registered to Wells Flying Services LLC, an LLC in Holdrege, Nebraska. The registration is valid: it was issued on July 6, 2026 and expires on July 31, 2033. It holds a restricted airworthiness certificate for agriculture and pest control; forest, dated September 10, 2024. 1 document is on file: loan or lien (security agreement).

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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-1152
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
2024
Transponder code
A611AE (octal 51410656)

Registration

Status
Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Certificate issued
July 6, 2026
Expires
July 31, 2033
Last FAA action
July 6, 2026
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 · September 10, 2024
FAA region
CentralFAA region code 3 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
FAA record id
01454902

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Wells Flying Services 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
1425 Brewster Rd
Holdrege, NE 68949-1500

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Documents on file 1

2026-10-22Loan or lien (security agreement)

Connections how N490SF links to the rest of the register

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The public federal record on N490SF, 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 Wells Flying Services LLC, an LLC, certificate issued July 6, 2026, expires July 31, 2033. No fractional interest recorded. [1]

CLEARAirworthiness certificate

Restricted certificate for agriculture and pest control; forest, dated September 10, 2024, consistent with the 2024 manufacture year. [1]

CLEARPrior registrations of this airframe

No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 802A-1152 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

CLEARTail number reuse

No other airframe has carried N490SF according to the deregistered file. [2]

ATTENTIONRecent registry documents

1 loan or lien document received by the registry recently (October 22, 2026). The full title and lien picture is in the FAA aircraft records file. [3]

CLEARAccident and incident record

No NTSB investigation records located under N490SF. CLEAR means the query ran and returned nothing, not that nothing ever happened. [4]

PENDINGTitle chain, liens and 337 forms

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PENDINGAirworthiness directives and utilization

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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