{"airworthiness_class":"Restricted","airworthiness_date":"1998-03-27","airworthiness_ops":"Agriculture and pest control; Forest","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"2014-12-04","city":"LEIPSIC","country_code":"US","county_code":"137","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":"2027-12-31","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":1,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"turboprops","kit_mfr":"","kit_model":"","last_action_date":"2023-04-07","maker":"Air Tractor Inc","maker_country":null,"maker_raw":"AIR TRACTOR INC","maker_segment":null,"mfr_mdl_code":"0390307","mode_s_code":"51446115","mode_s_hex":"A64C4D","model":"AT-502B","n_number":"N5048S","name":"BOB RUHE AG SERVICE LLC","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"Leipsic","damage":"SUBS","date":"2023-08-04","highest_injury":"NONE","ntsb_no":"ERA23LA327","probable_cause":"The incorrect assembly of the turbine engine\u2019s reduction gear box second-stage ring gear, which resulted in an internal failure of multiple engine components and a total loss of power.","registration":"N5048S","state":"OH","summary":"Accident on August 4, 2023 at Leipsic, OH: no injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":1,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N5048S is an Air Tractor Inc AT-502B, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with turboprop engines, built in 1998. It has 1 seat. It is registered to Bob Ruhe AG Service LLC, an LLC in Leipsic, Ohio. The registration is valid: it was issued on December 4, 2014 and expires on December 31, 2027. It holds a restricted airworthiness certificate for agriculture and pest control; forest, dated March 27, 1998.","records_check":[{"finding":"Valid registration to Bob Ruhe AG Service LLC, an LLC, certificate issued December 4, 2014, expires December 31, 2027. No fractional interest recorded.","item":"Registration and identity","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"Restricted certificate for agriculture and pest control; forest, dated March 27, 1998, consistent with the 1998 manufacture year.","item":"Airworthiness certificate","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 502B-0495 for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"N5048S was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Piper PA-28R-200 (serial 28R35815, cancelled September 21, 1995). 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 N5048S: Accident on August 4, 2023 at Leipsic, OH: no 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":"Great Lakes","region_code":"C","registrant_type":"LLC","registrant_type_code":"7","seats":1,"serial_number":"502B-0495","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"OH","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"5450 STATE ROUTE 109","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Fixed-wing, single engine","type_aircraft_code":"4","type_engine":"Turboprop","type_engine_code":"2","unique_id":"00457141","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N5048S","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":1998,"zip":"458569438"}