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A Air Tractor Inc AT-802, the same model family as N6159F
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N6159F

Air Tractor Inc AT-802A

ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codesMinnesota
Records check, free: 3 to understand, 2 clearWhere is it now

N6159F is an Air Tractor Inc AT-802A, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with turboprop engines, built in 1996. It has 2 seats. It is registered to Aero Spray INC DBA, a non-citizen corporation in Appleton, Minnesota. The registration is valid: it was issued on September 14, 2026 and expires on September 30, 2033. It holds a restricted airworthiness certificate for agriculture and pest control; forest, dated April 27, 2005.

Where is it now Last seen October 12 at 10:22 am.

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Aircraft

Maker
Air Tractor Inc
Model
AT-802A · all AT-802As 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. A crop sprayer and fire bomber: welded steel-tube fuselage under aluminium skins. This is how the Air Tractor Inc AT-802 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
802A-0029
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-67AG · 1350 hp
Seats
2
Year built
1996
Transponder code
A804EA (octal 52002352)

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 14, 2026
Expires
September 30, 2033
Last FAA action
September 14, 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 control; ForestFAA certificate purpose code 14 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · April 27, 2005
FAA region
Great LakesFAA region code C (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
FAA record id
00575851

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Aero Spray INC DBA
Type
Non-citizen corporationFAA type of owner code 8 (who holds the registration: a person, a company, a trust or a government body). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Address
50 W Sorenson Ave
Appleton, MN 56208-2501
Co-owners
Dauntless Air

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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

1992-07-22Cessna 210H · Triennial registration form was mailed and has not been returned by the Post Office

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The public federal record on N6159F, 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 Aero Spray INC DBA, a non-citizen corporation, certificate issued September 14, 2026, expires September 30, 2033. No fractional interest recorded. [1]

ATTENTIONAirworthiness certificate date

The airworthiness certificate on file is dated April 27, 2005, 9 years after the 1996 manufacture year. A re-issued certificate commonly follows export and re-import, a rebuild, or a return to the register after cancellation. The cause is documented in the FAA aircraft records file, which the full report obtains. [1]

CLEARPrior registrations of this airframe

No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 802A-0029 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

ATTENTIONTail number reuse

N6159F was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Cessna 210H (serial 21059059, cancelled July 22, 1992). 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

2 NTSB records under N6159F: Accident on August 11, 2000 at Salmon River, ID: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on August 9, 1991 at Delavan, WI: minor injuries, substantial damage. 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

AD compliance against the logbooks and flight-activity reconciliation are researched layers of the full report.

NTSB records 2

SEA00LA160Accident on August 11, 2000 at Salmon River, ID: no injuries, substantial damage.

Aircraft on the NTSB record: Air Tractor AT-802F · operated under 137

Compressor turbine blade failure due to high-cycle fatigue initiating in the surface of the fir-tree root. Factors include unsuitable terrain for an emergency landing.

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

CHI91LA258Accident on August 9, 1991 at Delavan, WI: minor injuries, substantial damage.serial on NTSB record: 21059059

Aircraft on the NTSB record: Cessna 210 · operated under 091

MISJUDGED FUEL CONSUMPTION CALCULATIONS BY THE PILOT WHICH RESULTED IN FUEL EXHAUSTION. A FACTOR RELATED TO THE ACCIDENT WAS REFUELING NOT PERFORMED.

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

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Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 23, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data