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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of October 30, 2026Air Tractor Inc AT-502B
N730JD is an Air Tractor Inc AT-502B, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with turboprop engines, built in 2012. It has 1 seat. It is registered to Sky Tech INC, a corporation in Dorchester, Nebraska. The registration is valid: it was issued on June 4, 2012 and expires on June 30, 2028. It holds a restricted airworthiness certificate for agriculture and pest control; forest, dated April 12, 2012.
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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-2819
- 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-34AG · 750 hp
- Seats
- 1
- Year built
- 2012
- Transponder code
- A9CBD7 (octal 52345727)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- June 4, 2012
- Expires
- June 30, 2028
- Last FAA action
- May 19, 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 control; ForestFAA certificate purpose code 14 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · April 12, 2012
- FAA region
- CentralFAA region code 3 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 01090440
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Sky Tech 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 20
Dorchester, NE 68343-0020
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Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
Connections how N730JD links to the rest of the register
- Air Tractor Inc AT-502 501 registered
- Air Tractor Inc 1,810 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-34AG 271 aircraft with this engine series · 750 hp
- Type certificate A17SW · held by Air Tractor INC
- Sky Tech INC 5 aircraft in the fleet
- Dorchester, NE 10 aircraft registered in this town
- Nebraska 2,947 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-34AG 8 airworthiness directives
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The public federal record on N730JD, 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 Sky Tech INC, a corporation, certificate issued June 4, 2012, expires June 30, 2028. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Restricted certificate for agriculture and pest control; forest, dated April 12, 2012, consistent with the 2012 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 502B-2819 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N730JD 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 N730JD: Accident on August 4, 2019 at Waco, NE: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Air Tractor AT502 · operated under 137
The pilot's failure to maintain clearance from wires during an agricultural application flight.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 30, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 30, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 30, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- 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 30, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data