Air Tractor Inc AT-301
N8886S is an Air Tractor Inc AT-301, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1979. It has 1 seat. It is registered to an individual in Sedro Woolley, Washington. The registration is valid: it was issued on April 13, 2023 and expires on April 30, 2030. It holds a restricted airworthiness certificate for agriculture and pest control, dated October 11, 1979.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Air Tractor Inc
- Model
- AT-301 · all AT-301s and related versions
- Serial number
- 301-0227
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · P&W R1340 SERIES · 600 hp
- Seats
- 1
- Year built
- 1979
- Cruising speed
- 71 mph
- Transponder code
- AC3EC8 (octal 53037310)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- April 13, 2023
- Expires
- April 30, 2030
- Last FAA action
- April 13, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Restricted · Agriculture and pest control · October 11, 1979
- FAA region
- Northwest Mountain
- FAA record id
- 00301791
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Hayton James B
- Type
- Individual
- Address
- 30578 Walberg Rd
Sedro Woolley, WA 98284-8659
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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
Records check free · 2 to understand · 3 clear
The public federal record on N8886S, 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 Hayton James B, an individual, certificate issued April 13, 2023, expires April 30, 2030. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Restricted certificate for agriculture and pest control, dated October 11, 1979, consistent with the 1979 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 301-0227 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N8886S was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Cessna 150F (serial 15062186, cancelled date not given). 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]
2 NTSB records under N8886S: Accident on October 13, 2004 at Coahoma, TX: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on June 2, 2000 at Garwood, TX: fatal, substantial damage (1 fatal). Details below. [4]
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AD compliance against the logbooks and flight-activity reconciliation are researched layers of the full report.
NTSB records 2
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Air Tractor AT-301 · operated under 137
The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during landing. A contributing factor was the lack of suitable terrain for landing.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for DFW05CA003 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Air Tractor AT-301 · operated under 137
the loss of engine power in cruise flight as a result of the failure of the right magneto. A contributing factor was the lack of suitable terrain for the forced landing.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for FTW00LA168 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through August 27, 2026. data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search
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Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 2, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data