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A Air Tractor Inc AT-802, the same model family as N802DM
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N802DM

Air Tractor Inc AT-802

ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codesMissouri
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N802DM is an Air Tractor Inc AT-802, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with turboprop engines, built in 2009. It has 2 seats. It is registered to Rice Flying LLC, an LLC in Poplar Bluff, Missouri. The registration is valid: it was issued on February 7, 2023 and expires on February 28, 2030. It holds a restricted airworthiness certificate for agriculture and pest control; forest, dated September 24, 2009.

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Aircraft

Maker
Air Tractor Inc
Model
AT-802 · all AT-802s 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
802-0338
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-65AG · 1300 hp
Seats
2
Year built
2009
Transponder code
AAE9A2 (octal 52564642)

Registration

Status
Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Certificate issued
February 7, 2023
Expires
February 28, 2030
Last FAA action
February 7, 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 · September 24, 2009
FAA region
CentralFAA region code 3 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
FAA record id
01034690

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Rice Flying 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
597 County Road 420
Poplar Bluff, MO 63901-8122

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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

2003-12-16Bell 430 · exported to Switzerland · Valid registration
—Cessna A185F · Triennial registration form was mailed and has not been returned by the Post Office

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The public federal record on N802DM, 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 Rice Flying LLC, an LLC, certificate issued February 7, 2023, expires February 28, 2030. No fractional interest recorded. [1]

CLEARAirworthiness certificate

Restricted certificate for agriculture and pest control; forest, dated September 24, 2009, consistent with the 2009 manufacture year. [1]

CLEARPrior registrations of this airframe

No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 802-0338 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

ATTENTIONTail number reuse

N802DM was previously assigned to 2 other aircraft: Bell 430 (serial 49063, cancelled December 16, 2003); Cessna A185F (serial 18504006, cancelled date not given). 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

1 NTSB record under N802DM: Accident on August 12, 1984 at Tomball, TX: no injuries, destroyed. 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

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NTSB records 1

FTW84LA345Accident on August 12, 1984 at Tomball, TX: no injuries, destroyed.serial on NTSB record: 18504006

Aircraft on the NTSB record: Cessna A185F · operated under 091

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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