{"airworthiness_class":"Restricted","airworthiness_date":"1995-03-08","airworthiness_ops":"Agriculture and pest control","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"2026-07-22","city":"BEAMAN","country_code":"US","county_code":"075","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":"2033-07-31","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":1,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"turboprops","kit_mfr":"","kit_model":"","last_action_date":"2026-07-22","maker":"Air Tractor Inc","maker_country":null,"maker_raw":"AIR TRACTOR INC","maker_segment":null,"mfr_mdl_code":"0390307","mode_s_code":"51771071","mode_s_hex":"A7F239","model":"AT-502B","n_number":"N6108L","name":"HOPPE AIR LLC","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"Olney","damage":"SUBS","date":"2024-04-24","highest_injury":"NONE","ntsb_no":"CEN24LA165","probable_cause":"The pilot\u2019s failure to maintain directional control of the airplane during landing in gusty wind conditions.","registration":"N6108L","state":"TX","summary":"Accident on April 24, 2024 at Olney, TX: no injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"},{"city":"SPEARVILLE","damage":"SUBS","date":"1991-08-02","highest_injury":"MINR","ntsb_no":"CHI91LA242","probable_cause":"THE PILOT'S SELECTION OF UNSUITABLE TERRAIN ON WHICH TO PERFORM A PRECAUTIONARY LANDING.  FACTORS RELATED TO THE ACCIDENT WERE POOR IN FLIGHT/PLANNING DECISION WHICH RESULTED IN THE PILOT BECOMING LOST/DISORIENTED.","registration":"N6108L","state":"KS","summary":"Accident on August 2, 1991 at Spearville, KS: minor injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":1,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N6108L is an Air Tractor Inc AT-502B, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with turboprop engines, built in 1995. It has 1 seat. It is registered to Hoppe Air LLC, an LLC in Beaman, Iowa. The registration is valid: it was issued on July 22, 2026 and expires on July 31, 2033. It holds a restricted airworthiness certificate for agriculture and pest control, dated March 8, 1995.","records_check":[{"finding":"Valid registration to Hoppe Air LLC, an LLC, certificate issued July 22, 2026, expires July 31, 2033. No fractional interest recorded.","item":"Registration and identity","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"Restricted certificate for agriculture and pest control, dated March 8, 1995, consistent with the 1995 manufacture year.","item":"Airworthiness certificate","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 502B-0289 for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"N6108L was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: American AA-1 (serial AA10308, cancelled October 16, 1991). 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 N6108L: Accident on April 24, 2024 at Olney, TX: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on August 2, 1991 at Spearville, KS: minor 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":"LLC","registrant_type_code":"7","seats":1,"serial_number":"502B-0289","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"IA","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"19489 310TH ST","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Fixed-wing, single engine","type_aircraft_code":"4","type_engine":"Turboprop","type_engine_code":"2","unique_id":"00735332","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N6108L","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":1995,"zip":"506098559"}