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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of October 22, 2026Air Tractor Inc AT-401B
N5028Q is an Air Tractor Inc AT-401B, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with turboprop engines, built in 1997. It has 1 seat. It is registered to Tri Rotor Spray & Chemical, a corporation in Ulysses, Kansas. The registration is valid: it was issued on August 14, 2001 and expires on January 31, 2028. It holds a restricted airworthiness certificate for agriculture and pest control; forest, dated June 24, 1997.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Air Tractor Inc
- Model
- AT-401B · all AT-401Bs and related versions
- Built of
- steel tube and aluminiumA welded steel-tube frame carries the loads, with aluminium (and some fibreglass) skins over it. A crop sprayer: welded steel-tube fuselage under aluminium skins, aluminium wings. This is how the Air Tractor Inc AT-401 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
- 401B-1028
- 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
- 1997
- Transponder code
- A644DD (octal 51442335)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- August 14, 2001
- Expires
- January 31, 2028
- Last FAA action
- April 14, 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 24, 1997
- FAA region
- CentralFAA region code 3 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00346671
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Tri Rotor Spray & Chemical
- 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
- 9170 e Road 2
Ulysses, KS 67880-8151
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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 1
Connections how N5028Q links to the rest of the register
- Air Tractor Inc AT-401 68 registered
- Air Tractor Inc 1,811 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
- Type certificate A17SW · held by Air Tractor INC
- Tri Rotor Spray & Chemical 18 aircraft in the fleet
- Ulysses, KS 71 aircraft registered in this town
- Ulysses Airport · ULS
- Kansas 5,737 aircraft registered
- FAA orders naming the Air Tractor Inc AT-401 18 airworthiness directives
- Failure reports filed on the Air Tractor Inc AT-401 20 reports since 1995
- Approved modifications for the Air Tractor Inc AT-401 72 supplemental type certificates
- Failure reports on the Pratt & Whitney R1340 series 58 reports since 1995
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The public federal record on N5028Q, 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 Tri Rotor Spray & Chemical, a corporation, certificate issued August 14, 2001, expires January 31, 2028. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Restricted certificate for agriculture and pest control; forest, dated June 24, 1997, consistent with the 1997 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 401B-1028 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N5028Q was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Bellanca 8KCAB (serial 44478, cancelled March 2, 1994). 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]
1 NTSB record under N5028Q: Accident on June 1, 2000 at Thibodaux, LA: serious injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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AD compliance against the logbooks and flight-activity reconciliation are researched layers of the full report.
NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Air Tractor AT-401B · operated under 137
The pilot's failure to maintain clearance with the power lines while maneuvering during an aerial application flight. A factor was the sunglare on the windscreen.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 22, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 22, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 22, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through September 30, 2026. data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search
This automated check reads the public federal record. Nothing here is a legal opinion, an appraisal or a statement about the aircraft's condition; a CLEAR line is a statement about the searched record, not the aircraft.
Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 22, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data