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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of November 12, 2026Aero Commander S2R
N8984Q is an Aero Commander S2R, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1972. It has 1 seat. It is registered to Alexander AG Flying Service INC, a corporation in Walnut Grove, California. The registration is valid: it was issued on August 24, 2007 and expires on June 30, 2028. It holds a restricted airworthiness certificate for agriculture and pest control.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Aero Commander
- Model
- S2R · all S2Rs and related versions
- Built of
- steel tube and aluminiumA welded steel-tube frame carries the loads, with aluminium (and some fibreglass) skins over it. The Snow S-2 crop sprayer, later the Thrush. This is how the Aero Commander S2 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
- 1654R
- 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
- Piston (reciprocating)FAA type of engine code 1 (what powers it, as the FAA classes engines). Every aircraft with this code · All codes, 1 motor · P&W R1340 SERIES · 600 hp
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas
- Seats
- 1
- Year built
- 1972
- Cruising speed
- 119 mph
- Transponder code
- AC65FF (octal 53062777)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- August 24, 2007
- 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 controlFAA certificate purpose code 1 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes
- FAA region
- Western-PacificFAA region code 4 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00261521
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Alexander AG Flying Service 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 500
Walnut Grove, CA 95690-0500
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Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
Connections how N8984Q links to the rest of the register
- Aero Commander S2 60 registered
- Aero Commander 709 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 R1340 series 1,229 aircraft with this engine series · 600 hp
- Alexander AG Flying Service INC 2 aircraft registered to this organisation
- Walnut Grove, CA 14 aircraft registered in this town
- California 28,279 aircraft registered
- Approved modifications for the Aero Commander S2 7 supplemental type certificates
- Failure reports on the Pratt & Whitney R1340 series 58 reports since 1995
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The public federal record on N8984Q, 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 Alexander AG Flying Service INC, a corporation, certificate issued August 24, 2007, expires June 30, 2028. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Restricted certificate for agriculture and pest control; the FAA file gives no certificate date. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 1654R for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N8984Q 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 N8984Q: Accident on April 4, 1998 at Cushing, OK: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Aero Commander S2R · operated under 091
The total loss of engine power resulting from a sheared accessory drive due to an undetermined reason. A factor was the lack of suitable terrain for the forced landing.
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