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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of November 10, 2026Air Tractor Inc AT-502B
N6108L is an Air Tractor Inc AT-502B, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with turboprop engines, built in 1995. It has 1 seat. It is registered to Hoppe Air LLC, an LLC in Beaman, Iowa. The registration is valid: it was issued on July 22, 2026 and expires on July 31, 2033. It holds a restricted airworthiness certificate for agriculture and pest control, dated March 8, 1995.
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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-0289
- 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 PT6A SERIES · 500 hp
- Fuel
- Jet A
- Seats
- 1
- Year built
- 1995
- Transponder code
- A7F239 (octal 51771071)
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 22, 2026
- Expires
- July 31, 2033
- Last FAA action
- July 22, 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 controlFAA certificate purpose code 1 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · March 8, 1995
- FAA region
- CentralFAA region code 3 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00735332
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Hoppe Air 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
- 19489 310Th St
Beaman, IA 50609-8559
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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 N6108L 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 PT6A series 2,217 aircraft with this engine series · 750 hp
- Type certificate A17SW · held by Air Tractor INC
- Hoppe Air LLC 10 aircraft in the fleet
- Beaman, IA 10 aircraft registered in this town
- Iowa 4,513 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 PT6A series 2 airworthiness directives
- Failure reports on the Pratt & Whitney PT6A series 8,209 reports since 1995
- Report filed on this aircraft: Line, leaking · 1998-10-14
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/aircraft/N6108L.json.
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The public federal record on N6108L, 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 Hoppe Air LLC, an LLC, certificate issued July 22, 2026, expires July 31, 2033. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Restricted certificate for agriculture and pest control, dated March 8, 1995, consistent with the 1995 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 502B-0289 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N6108L was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: American AA-1 (serial AA10308, cancelled October 16, 1991). 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 N6108L: Accident on April 24, 2024 at Olney, TX: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on August 2, 1991 at Spearville, KS: minor injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 2
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Air Tractor INC AT-502B · operated under 091
The pilot’s failure to maintain directional control of the airplane during landing in gusty wind conditions.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
Aircraft on the NTSB record: American Aviation Corp. (Aac) AA1 · operated under 091
THE PILOT'S SELECTION OF UNSUITABLE TERRAIN ON WHICH TO PERFORM A PRECAUTIONARY LANDING. FACTORS RELATED TO THE ACCIDENT WERE POOR IN FLIGHT/PLANNING DECISION WHICH RESULTED IN THE PILOT BECOMING LOST/DISORIENTED.
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