{"airworthiness_class":"Restricted","airworthiness_date":"1997-07-17","airworthiness_ops":"Agriculture and pest control; Forest","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"2013-04-19","city":"WOODLAND","country_code":"US","county_code":"113","cruise_speed_mph":null,"data_date":"2026-10-02","documents":[],"eng_mfr_mdl":"52034","engine_horsepower":500,"engine_maker":"P&W","engine_model":"PT6A SERIES","engine_thrust_lb":0,"expiration_date":"2029-04-30","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":1,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"turboprops","kit_mfr":"","kit_model":"","last_action_date":"2023-07-28","maker":"Air Tractor Inc","maker_country":null,"maker_raw":"AIR TRACTOR INC","maker_segment":null,"mfr_mdl_code":"0390307","mode_s_code":"51445675","mode_s_hex":"A64BBD","model":"AT-502B","n_number":"N5044N","name":"GROWERS AIR SERVICE INC","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"Zamora","damage":"SUBS","date":"2016-07-23","highest_injury":"FATL","ntsb_no":"WPR16FA148","probable_cause":"The failure of both pilots to maintain an adequate visual lookout, which resulted in a midair collision. Also causal was the other pilot's use of two sedating antihistamines and two impairing medication and the effect of sun glare on his visual lookout, which likely led to his inability to successfully see and avoid the other airplane.","registration":"N5044N","state":"CA","summary":"Accident on July 23, 2016 at Zamora, CA: fatal, substantial damage (1 fatal).","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":1,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N5044N is an Air Tractor Inc AT-502B, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with turboprop engines, built in 1997. It has 1 seat. It is registered to Growers Air Service INC, a corporation in Woodland, California. The registration is valid: it was issued on April 19, 2013 and expires on April 30, 2029. It holds a restricted airworthiness certificate for agriculture and pest control; forest, dated July 17, 1997.","records_check":[{"finding":"Valid registration to Growers Air Service INC, a corporation, certificate issued April 19, 2013, expires April 30, 2029. No fractional interest recorded.","item":"Registration and identity","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"Restricted certificate for agriculture and pest control; forest, dated July 17, 1997, consistent with the 1997 manufacture year.","item":"Airworthiness certificate","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 502B-0452 for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"N5044N was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Cessna T-50 (serial 4380, cancelled January 25, 1971). 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":"1 NTSB record under N5044N: Accident on July 23, 2016 at Zamora, CA: fatal, substantial damage (1 fatal). 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":"Western-Pacific","region_code":"4","registrant_type":"Corporation","registrant_type_code":"3","seats":1,"serial_number":"502B-0452","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"CA","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"41167 COUNTY ROAD 27","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Fixed-wing, single engine","type_aircraft_code":"4","type_engine":"Turboprop","type_engine_code":"2","unique_id":"00206711","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N5044N","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":1997,"zip":"957769370"}