{"airworthiness_class":"","airworthiness_date":"","airworthiness_ops":"","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"","city":"CLINTON","country_code":"US","county_code":"141","cruise_speed_mph":null,"data_date":"2026-10-02","documents":[],"eng_mfr_mdl":"","engine_horsepower":null,"engine_maker":"","engine_model":"","engine_thrust_lb":null,"expiration_date":"","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":0,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"turboprops","kit_mfr":"","kit_model":"","last_action_date":"2026-07-21","maker":"Air Tractor Inc","maker_country":null,"maker_raw":"AIR TRACTOR INC","maker_segment":null,"mfr_mdl_code":"0390307","mode_s_code":"51736032","mode_s_hex":"A7BC1A","model":"AT-502B","n_number":"N598LA","name":"SALE REPORTED","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"Sulphur","damage":"SUBS","date":"2026-02-12","highest_injury":"NONE","ntsb_no":"CEN26LA118","probable_cause":null,"registration":"N598LA","state":"LA","summary":"Accident on February 12, 2026 at Sulphur, LA: no injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"},{"city":"Portales","damage":"SUBS","date":"2012-10-17","highest_injury":"NONE","ntsb_no":"CEN13CA019","probable_cause":"The pilot\u2019s failure to maintain clearance from power lines during an aerial application flight.","registration":"N598LA","state":"NM","summary":"Accident on October 17, 2012 at Portales, NM: no injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":1,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N598LA is an Air Tractor Inc AT-502B, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with turboprop engines. It has 1 seat. It is registered to an individual in Clinton, Arkansas. The FAA lists the registration as \"sale reported\". No airworthiness certificate is on file, which is normal for drones and for aircraft still being built or tested.","records_check":[{"finding":"Registration status is \"Sale reported\". An aircraft cannot be operated on an invalid or expired registration; resolve this with the FAA before any transaction.","item":"Registration and identity","source":1,"status":"ATTENTION"},{"finding":"No airworthiness certificate is on file. Usual for a newly registered aircraft, a project, or an aircraft that has not flown since a change of registration; ask for the certificate.","item":"Airworthiness certificate","source":1,"status":"ATTENTION"},{"finding":"No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 502B-2598 for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"No other airframe has carried N598LA according to the deregistered file.","item":"Tail number reuse","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"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 N598LA: Accident on February 12, 2026 at Sulphur, LA: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on October 17, 2012 at Portales, NM: 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":"Southwestern","region_code":"2","registrant_type":"Individual","registrant_type_code":"1","seats":1,"serial_number":"502B-2598","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"AR","status":"Sale reported","status_code":"7","status_short":"Sale reported","street":"PO BOX 910","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Fixed-wing, single engine","type_aircraft_code":"4","type_engine":"Turboprop","type_engine_code":"2","unique_id":"00224599","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N598LA","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":null,"zip":"720310910"}