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N51686

Thrush Aircraft Llc S2R-T660

ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codesGeorgia

N51686 is a Thrush Aircraft Llc S2R-T660, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with turboprop engines, built in 2022. It has 2 seats. It is registered to Thrush Aircraft LLC, an LLC in Albany, Georgia. The registration is valid: it was issued on and expires on . It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for research and development, dated September 27, 2022.

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Aircraft

Maker
Thrush Aircraft Llc
Model
S2R-T660 · all S2R-T660s 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. The Thrush crop sprayer: steel-tube fuselage under aluminium skins. This is how the Thrush Aircraft Llc S2 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
T660-170DC
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-67F · 1796 hp
Seats
2
Year built
2022
Transponder code
A67B48 (octal 51475510)

Registration

Status
Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Certificate issued
—
Expires
—
Last FAA action
August 5, 2022
Airworthiness
ExperimentalFAA airworthiness class code 4 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). Every aircraft with this code · All codes · Research and developmentFAA certificate purpose code 1 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · September 27, 2022
FAA region
SouthernFAA region code 7 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
FAA record id
01373730

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Thrush Aircraft 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
300 Old Pretoria Rd
Albany, GA 31721-5285

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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

2014-10-27Enstrom Helicopter Corp 280C · Registration expired, pending cancellation
1955-11-29Cessna T-50 · Valid registration

Connections how N51686 links to the rest of the register

Design
Engine
Owner
  • Thrush Aircraft LLC 17 aircraft in the fleet
  • Holds an FAA aircraft dealer certificate · valid to March 20, 2027
Place

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Records check free · 2 to understand · 3 clear

The public federal record on N51686, 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 Thrush Aircraft LLC, an LLC, certificate issued , expires date not given. No fractional interest recorded. [1]

CLEARAirworthiness certificate

Experimental certificate for research and development, dated September 27, 2022, consistent with the 2022 manufacture year. [1]

CLEARPrior registrations of this airframe

No earlier tail number is recorded against serial T660-170DC for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

ATTENTIONTail number reuse

N51686 was previously assigned to 2 other aircraft: Enstrom Helicopter Corp 280C (serial 1113, cancelled October 27, 2014); Cessna T-50 (serial 5280, cancelled November 29, 1955). Histories keyed to the tail number alone can mix aircraft up; this check keys on the serial number. [2]

NOTERecent registry documents

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]

ATTENTIONAccident and incident record

1 NTSB record under N51686: Accident on October 28, 1984 at Butler, PA: fatal, destroyed (2 fatal). Details below. [4]

PENDINGTitle chain, liens and 337 forms

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.

PENDINGAirworthiness directives and utilization

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NTSB records 1

NYC85FA015Accident on October 28, 1984 at Butler, PA: fatal, destroyed (2 fatal).serial on NTSB record: 1113

Aircraft on the NTSB record: Enstrom 280C · operated under 091

Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB

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

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 23, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data