Air Tractor Inc AT-602
N8521V is an Air Tractor Inc AT-602, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with turboprop engines, built in 2004. It has 2 seats. It is registered to Jones Flying Service, a corporation in Biggs, California. The registration is valid: it was issued on April 22, 2026 and expires on April 30, 2033. It holds a restricted airworthiness certificate for agriculture and pest control; forest, dated October 8, 2004.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Air Tractor Inc
- Model
- AT-602 · all AT-602s 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-602 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
- 602-0690
- 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 SER · 750 hp
- Fuel
- Jet A
- Seats
- 2
- Year built
- 2004
- Transponder code
- ABB155 (octal 52730525)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- April 22, 2026
- Expires
- April 30, 2033
- Last FAA action
- April 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 control; ForestFAA certificate purpose code 14 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · October 8, 2004
- FAA region
- Western-PacificFAA region code 4 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00136749
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Jones Flying Service
- 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
- 216 W Hamilton Rd
Biggs, CA 95917-9793
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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 N8521V links to the rest of the register
- Air Tractor Inc AT-602 245 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
- Jones Flying Service 5 aircraft in the fleet
- Biggs, CA 52 aircraft registered in this town
- California 28,279 aircraft registered
- FAA orders naming the Air Tractor Inc AT-602 13 airworthiness directives
- Failure reports filed on the Air Tractor Inc AT-602 11 reports since 1995
- Approved modifications for the Air Tractor Inc AT-602 62 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
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The public federal record on N8521V, 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 Jones Flying Service, a corporation, certificate issued April 22, 2026, expires April 30, 2033. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Restricted certificate for agriculture and pest control; forest, dated October 8, 2004, consistent with the 2004 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 602-0690 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N8521V was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Rockwell International S-2R (serial 2281R, cancelled July 15, 1977). 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]
1 NTSB record under N8521V: Accident on May 21, 2022 at Sacramento, CA: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Air Tractor INC AT-602 · operated under 137
The pilot's inadequate fuel management, which resulted in a total loss of engine power due to fuel starvation.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of November 12, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of November 12, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of November 12, 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 12, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data