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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of November 10, 2026Air Tractor Inc AT-502B
N502PB is an Air Tractor Inc AT-502B, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with turboprop engines, built in 1998. It has 1 seat. It is registered to Hershey Flying Service INC, a corporation in David City, Nebraska. The registration is valid: it was issued on September 20, 2016 and expires on September 30, 2029. It holds a restricted airworthiness certificate for agriculture and pest control, dated May 13, 1998.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Air Tractor Inc
- Model
- AT-502B · all AT-502Bs 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-502 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
- 502B-0500
- 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-15AG · 680 hp
- Fuel
- Jet A
- Seats
- 1
- Year built
- 1998
- Transponder code
- A642A5 (octal 51441245)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- September 20, 2016
- Expires
- September 30, 2029
- Last FAA action
- September 2, 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 · May 13, 1998
- FAA region
- CentralFAA region code 3 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00357201
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Hershey Flying Service 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
- PO Box 148
David City, NE 68632-0148
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Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
Connections how N502PB links to the rest of the register
- Air Tractor Inc AT-502 502 registered
- Air Tractor Inc 1,812 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 Canada PT6A-15AG 40 aircraft with this engine series · 680 hp
- Type certificate A17SW · held by Air Tractor INC
- Hershey Flying Service INC 30 aircraft in the fleet
- David City, NE 46 aircraft registered in this town
- David City Municipal · 93Y
- Nebraska 2,950 aircraft registered
- FAA orders naming the Air Tractor Inc AT-502 19 airworthiness directives
- Failure reports filed on the Air Tractor Inc AT-502 53 reports since 1995
- Approved modifications for the Air Tractor Inc AT-502 78 supplemental type certificates
- FAA orders naming the Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-15AG 7 airworthiness directives
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The public federal record on N502PB, 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 Hershey Flying Service INC, a corporation, certificate issued September 20, 2016, expires September 30, 2029. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Restricted certificate for agriculture and pest control, dated May 13, 1998, consistent with the 1998 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 502B-0500 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N502PB 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 N502PB: Accident on October 20, 2012 at Newton, GA: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Air Tractor INC AT-502B · operated under 137
The pilot’s failure to maintain clearance from power lines while maneuvering, which resulted in a hard forced landing.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of November 10, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of November 10, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of November 10, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through October 28, 2026. data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search
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Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, November 10, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data