{"airworthiness_class":"Experimental","airworthiness_date":"2026-03-04","airworthiness_ops":"Operating kit-built aircraft","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"2023-11-10","city":"WOODLANDS","country_code":"US","county_code":"339","cruise_speed_mph":null,"data_date":"2026-10-02","documents":[],"eng_mfr_mdl":"52290","engine_horsepower":1796,"engine_maker":"P&W CANADA","engine_model":"PT6A-67F","engine_thrust_lb":0,"expiration_date":"2030-11-30","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":1,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"turboprops","kit_mfr":"","kit_model":"","last_action_date":"2023-11-10","maker":"Air Tractor Inc","maker_country":null,"maker_raw":"AIR TRACTOR INC","maker_segment":null,"mfr_mdl_code":"0390305","mode_s_code":"51206733","mode_s_hex":"A50DDB","model":"AT-802","n_number":"N4247U","name":"HIGGINS LEASING INC","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"Fort Hunter Liggett","damage":"SUBS","date":"2010-10-21","highest_injury":"NONE","ntsb_no":"WPR11CA023","probable_cause":"The pilot's misjudged glide path, which resulted in a runway undershoot and collision with terrain during landing.","registration":"N4247U","state":"CA","summary":"Accident on October 21, 2010 at Fort Hunter Liggett, CA: no injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"},{"city":"MILWAUKEE","damage":"SUBS","date":"1989-04-11","highest_injury":"SERS","ntsb_no":"CHI89FA071","probable_cause":"DISCONNECT OF THE TAILROTOR DRIVE SHAFT COUPLING.","registration":"N4247U","state":"WI","summary":"Accident on April 11, 1989 at Milwaukee, WI: serious injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":1,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N4247U is an Air Tractor Inc AT-802, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with turboprop engines, built in 2016. It has 2 seats. It is registered to Higgins Leasing INC, a corporation in Woodlands, Texas. The registration is valid: it was issued on November 10, 2023 and expires on November 30, 2030. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for operating kit-built aircraft, dated March 4, 2026.","records_check":[{"finding":"Valid registration to Higgins Leasing INC, a corporation, certificate issued November 10, 2023, expires November 30, 2030. No fractional interest recorded.","item":"Registration and identity","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"The airworthiness certificate on file is dated March 4, 2026, 10 years after the 2016 manufacture year. A re-issued certificate commonly follows export and re-import, a rebuild, or a return to the register after cancellation. The cause is documented in the FAA aircraft records file, which the full report obtains.","item":"Airworthiness certificate date","source":1,"status":"ATTENTION"},{"finding":"No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 802-4001 for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"N4247U was previously assigned to 2 other aircraft: Maule MXT-7-180A (serial 21082C, cancelled April 29, 2002); Cessna 150D (serial 15060247, cancelled January 9, 1964). Histories keyed to the tail number alone can mix aircraft up; this check keys on the serial number.","item":"Tail number reuse","source":2,"status":"ATTENTION"},{"finding":"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.","item":"Recent registry documents","source":3,"status":"NOTE"},{"finding":"2 NTSB records under N4247U: Accident on October 21, 2010 at Fort Hunter Liggett, CA: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on April 11, 1989 at Milwaukee, WI: serious injuries, substantial damage. Details below.","item":"Accident and incident record","source":4,"status":"ATTENTION"},{"finding":"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.","item":"Title chain, liens and 337 forms","source":null,"status":"PENDING"},{"finding":"AD compliance against the logbooks and flight-activity reconciliation are researched layers of the full report.","item":"Airworthiness directives and utilization","source":null,"status":"PENDING"}],"records_check_sources":[{"n":1,"name":"FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file","url":"https://registry.faa.gov/"},{"n":2,"name":"FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download)","url":"https://registry.faa.gov/"},{"n":3,"name":"FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks","url":"https://registry.faa.gov/"},{"n":4,"name":"NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL)","url":"https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search"}],"region":"Southwestern","region_code":"2","registrant_type":"Corporation","registrant_type_code":"3","seats":2,"serial_number":"802-4001","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"TX","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"PO BOX 7327","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Fixed-wing, single engine","type_aircraft_code":"4","type_engine":"Turboprop","type_engine_code":"2","unique_id":"01032143","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N4247U","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":2016,"zip":"77387"}