Air Tractor Inc AT-401
N9186J is an Air Tractor Inc AT-401, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1993. It has 1 seat. It is registered to Swancutt Aviation INC, a corporation in Chester, Iowa. The registration is valid: it was issued on August 7, 2012 and expires on August 31, 2028. It holds a restricted airworthiness certificate for agriculture and pest control, dated April 14, 1993.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Air Tractor Inc
- Model
- AT-401 · all AT-401s and related versions
- Serial number
- 401-0912
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engineFAA type of aircraft code 4 (the FAA's broad category for the airframe). All codes
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating)FAA type of engine code 1 (what powers it, as the FAA classes engines). All codes, 1 motor · P&W R1340 SERIES · 600 hp
- Seats
- 1
- Year built
- 1993
- Transponder code
- ACB796 (octal 53133626)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). All codes
- Certificate issued
- August 7, 2012
- Expires
- August 31, 2028
- Last FAA action
- June 3, 2023
- Airworthiness
- RestrictedFAA airworthiness class code 3 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). 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 · April 14, 1993
- FAA region
- CentralFAA region code 3 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00794332
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Swancutt Aviation INC
- Type
- CorporationFAA type of owner code 3 (who holds the registration: a person, a company, a trust or a government body). All codes
- Address
- 6452 25Th St
Chester, IA 52134-8532
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Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
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The public federal record on N9186J, 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 Swancutt Aviation INC, a corporation, certificate issued August 7, 2012, expires August 31, 2028. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Restricted certificate for agriculture and pest control, dated April 14, 1993, consistent with the 1993 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 401-0912 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N9186J 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]
2 NTSB records under N9186J: Accident on November 30, 2001 at Las Vegas, NV: no injuries. Accident on July 10, 1995 at Clewiston, FL: no injuries, substantial damage. 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-401B · operated under 091
the failure of the AT-401 pilot to maintain clearance with the AT-402 airplane during landing. Contributing factors were the unreliable communication radio in the AT-401, the AT-401 pilot's continued flight with known communication radio problems, and the glare of the sun.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Air Tractor AT-401 · operated under 137
IMPROPER WEATHER EVALUATION BY THE PILOT IN COMMAND WHILE ATTEMPTING TO TAKEOFF WITH A QUARTERING TAILWIND ASSOCIATED WITH A NEARBY THUNDERSTORM AND FAILURE OF THE PILOT TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- 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 September 30, 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