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N917JB

Air Tractor Inc AT-802A

Valid Indiana

N917JB is an Air Tractor Inc AT-802A, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with turboprop engines, built in 2018. It has 2 seats. It is registered to Nick'S Flying Service INC, a corporation in Lagrange, Indiana. The registration is valid: it was issued on January 10, 2020 and expires on January 31, 2030. It holds a restricted airworthiness certificate for agriculture and pest control; forest, dated October 1, 2018.

Aircraft

Maker
Air Tractor Inc
Model
AT-802A · all AT-802As and related versions
Serial number
802A-0769
Type
Fixed-wing, single engine
Power
Turboprop, 1 motor · P&W Canada PT6A-65AG · 1300 hp
Seats
2
Year built
2018
Transponder code
ACB176 (octal 53130566)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
January 10, 2020
Expires
January 31, 2030
Last FAA action
September 30, 2023
Airworthiness
Restricted · Agriculture and pest control; Forest · October 1, 2018
FAA region
Great Lakes
FAA record id
01282442

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Nick'S Flying Service INC
Type
Corporation
Address
3050 N 300 E
Lagrange, IN 46761-9818

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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

2013-05-06Black John KITFOX · Registration expired, pending cancellation
1993-10-01Bigham Jack L GLASAIR I RG · exported to Botswana · Valid registration

Records check free · 2 to understand · 3 clear

The public federal record on N917JB, 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 Nick'S Flying Service INC, a corporation, certificate issued January 10, 2020, expires January 31, 2030. No fractional interest recorded. [1]

CLEARAirworthiness certificate

Restricted certificate for agriculture and pest control; forest, dated October 1, 2018, consistent with the 2018 manufacture year. [1]

CLEARPrior registrations of this airframe

No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 802A-0769 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

ATTENTIONTail number reuse

N917JB was previously assigned to 2 other aircraft: Black John KITFOX (serial S98070164, cancelled May 6, 2013); Bigham Jack L GLASAIR I RG (serial 007392, cancelled October 1, 1993). 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 N917JB: Accident on April 28, 2004 at Mount Sterling, KY: serious 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 1

NYC04LA111Accident on April 28, 2004 at Mount Sterling, KY: serious injuries, substantial damage.serial on NTSB record: S98070164

Aircraft on the NTSB record: Black Kitfox · operated under 091

The loss of engine power due to blockage of the fuel filters resulting in fuel starvation. A factor in the accident was the inadequate maintenance inspection.

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 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  2. FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  3. FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 2, 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 2, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data