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A Air Tractor Inc AT-802, the same model family as N802DA
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N802DA

Air Tractor Inc AT-802A

ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codesMinnesota

N802DA is an Air Tractor Inc AT-802A, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with turboprop engines, built in 2020. 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 July 27, 2020.

Where is it now Last seen October 13 at 9:54 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-0851
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
2020
Transponder code
AAE997 (octal 52564627)

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 · July 27, 2020
FAA region
Great LakesFAA region code C (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
FAA record id
01321688

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

Owners can ask the FAA to withhold their name and address from public files. When they do, those fields are blank here as well. How that works.

Documents on file 0

No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.

Earlier use of this number 1

2012-11-21Piper PA-18-135 · Sale reported, pending cancellation

Connections how N802DA links to the rest of the register

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Engine
Owner
Place
Live

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The public federal record on N802DA, 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]

CLEARAirworthiness certificate

Restricted certificate for agriculture and pest control; forest, dated July 27, 2020, consistent with the 2020 manufacture year. [1]

CLEARPrior registrations of this airframe

No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 802A-0851 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

ATTENTIONTail number reuse

N802DA was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Piper PA-18-135 (serial 18-3353, cancelled November 21, 2012). 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 N802DA: Accident on May 31, 2008 at Myrtle Beach, SC: minor injuries, substantial damage. Accident on April 15, 2002 at Conway, SC: no 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

NYC08LA201Accident on May 31, 2008 at Myrtle Beach, SC: minor injuries, substantial damage.serial on NTSB record: 18-3353

Aircraft on the NTSB record: Piper PA-18-135 · operated under 091

A loss of engine power due to thermally-induced failure of a piston. Contributing to the accident was the sustained engine exposure to abnormally high operating temperatures and detonation, and the exceedance of the engine manufacturer's recommended overhaul interval by approximately 1,200 hours.

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

ATL02LA082Accident on April 15, 2002 at Conway, SC: no injuries, substantial damage.serial on NTSB record: 18-3353

Aircraft on the NTSB record: Piper PA-18 · operated under 091

The failure of the pilot to use proper wind correction technique, resulting in a loss of directional control of the aircraft.

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