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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of November 12, 2026Air Tractor Inc AT-401
N60057 is an Air Tractor Inc AT-401, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1994. It has 1 seat. It is registered to Sunflower Aero INC, a corporation in Atwood, Kansas. The registration is valid: it was issued on March 21, 2018 and expires on March 31, 2028. It holds a restricted airworthiness certificate for agriculture and pest control, dated June 20, 1994.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Air Tractor Inc
- Model
- AT-401 · all AT-401s 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
- 401-0951
- 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
- Piston (reciprocating)FAA type of engine code 1 (what powers it, as the FAA classes engines). Every aircraft with this code · All codes, 1 motor · P&W R1340 SERIES · 600 hp
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas
- Seats
- 1
- Year built
- 1994
- Transponder code
- A7CA66 (octal 51745146)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- March 21, 2018
- Expires
- March 31, 2028
- Last FAA action
- April 28, 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 · June 20, 1994
- FAA region
- CentralFAA region code 3 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00035002
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Sunflower Aero 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
- 12387 Highway 25
Atwood, KS 67730-3219
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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
Connections how N60057 links to the rest of the register
- Air Tractor Inc AT-401 68 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 R1340 series 1,229 aircraft with this engine series · 600 hp
- Type certificate A17SW · held by Air Tractor INC
- Sunflower Aero INC 5 aircraft in the fleet
- Atwood, KS 10 aircraft registered in this town
- Atwood/Rawlins County · ADT
- Kansas 5,754 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 N60057, 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 Sunflower Aero INC, a corporation, certificate issued March 21, 2018, expires March 31, 2028. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Restricted certificate for agriculture and pest control, dated June 20, 1994, consistent with the 1994 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 401-0951 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N60057 was previously assigned to 2 other aircraft: Cessna 150J (serial 15070042, cancelled February 26, 1991); Consolidated Vultee SNV-1 (serial 7493, cancelled September 28, 1954). 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]
2 NTSB records under N60057: Accident on June 2, 2025 at Hamlet, NE: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on April 2, 1988 at Downingtown, PA: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 2
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Air Tractor Inc AT-401 · operated under 137
The pilot's failure to maintain clearance from the power lines during low altitude maneuvering.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Cessna 150 · operated under 091
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of November 12, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of November 12, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of November 12, 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 12, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data