{"airworthiness_class":"Restricted","airworthiness_date":"1994-06-20","airworthiness_ops":"Agriculture and pest control","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"2018-03-21","city":"ATWOOD","country_code":"US","county_code":"153","cruise_speed_mph":null,"data_date":"2026-10-02","documents":[],"eng_mfr_mdl":"52016","engine_horsepower":600,"engine_maker":"P&W","engine_model":"R1340 SERIES","engine_thrust_lb":0,"expiration_date":"2028-03-31","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":1,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"piston-singles","kit_mfr":"","kit_model":"","last_action_date":"2023-04-28","maker":"Air Tractor Inc","maker_country":null,"maker_raw":"AIR TRACTOR INC","maker_segment":null,"mfr_mdl_code":"0390204","mode_s_code":"51745146","mode_s_hex":"A7CA66","model":"AT-401","n_number":"N60057","name":"SUNFLOWER AERO INC","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"Hamlet","damage":"SUBS","date":"2025-06-02","highest_injury":"NONE","ntsb_no":"CEN25LA191","probable_cause":"The pilot's failure to maintain clearance from the power lines during low altitude maneuvering.","registration":"N60057","state":"NE","summary":"Accident on June 2, 2025 at Hamlet, NE: no injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"},{"city":"DOWNINGTOWN","damage":"SUBS","date":"1988-04-02","highest_injury":"NONE","ntsb_no":"NYC88LA118","probable_cause":"","registration":"N60057","state":"PA","summary":"Accident on April 2, 1988 at Downingtown, PA: no injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":1,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N60057 is an Air Tractor Inc AT-401, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1994. It has 1 seat. It is registered to Sunflower Aero INC, a corporation in Atwood, Kansas. The registration is valid: it was issued on March 21, 2018 and expires on March 31, 2028. It holds a restricted airworthiness certificate for agriculture and pest control, dated June 20, 1994.","records_check":[{"finding":"Valid registration to Sunflower Aero INC, a corporation, certificate issued March 21, 2018, expires March 31, 2028. No fractional interest recorded.","item":"Registration and identity","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"Restricted certificate for agriculture and pest control, dated June 20, 1994, consistent with the 1994 manufacture year.","item":"Airworthiness certificate","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 401-0951 for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"N60057 was previously assigned to 2 other aircraft: Cessna 150J (serial 15070042, cancelled February 26, 1991); Consolidated Vultee SNV-1 (serial 7493, cancelled September 28, 1954). 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 N60057: Accident on June 2, 2025 at Hamlet, NE: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on April 2, 1988 at Downingtown, PA: 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":"Central","region_code":"3","registrant_type":"Corporation","registrant_type_code":"3","seats":1,"serial_number":"401-0951","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"KS","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"12387 HIGHWAY 25","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Fixed-wing, single engine","type_aircraft_code":"4","type_engine":"Piston (reciprocating)","type_engine_code":"1","unique_id":"00035002","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N60057","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":1994,"zip":"677303219"}