{"airworthiness_class":"Restricted","airworthiness_date":"1985-12-19","airworthiness_ops":"Agriculture and pest control","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"2006-05-26","city":"PAGE","country_code":"US","county_code":"017","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":"2030-04-30","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":1,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"turboprops","kit_mfr":"","kit_model":"","last_action_date":"2023-10-20","maker":"Air Tractor Inc","maker_country":null,"maker_raw":"AIR TRACTOR INC","maker_segment":null,"mfr_mdl_code":"0390202","mode_s_code":"52347224","mode_s_hex":"A9CE94","model":"AT-400","n_number":"N73080","name":"TALL TOWERS AVIATION INC","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"AZTEC","damage":"SUBS","date":"1998-10-19","highest_injury":"NONE","ntsb_no":"DEN99TA013","probable_cause":"The pilot's inadequate preflight inspection of the airplane.  Factors were the unsecured oil dipstick, the loss of engine oil pressure necessitating a precautionary landing on unsuitable terrain, and the collision with the tree.","registration":"N73080","state":"NM","summary":"Accident on October 19, 1998 at Aztec, NM: no injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"},{"city":"SYLVESTER","damage":"SUBS","date":"1996-10-21","highest_injury":"MINR","ntsb_no":"MIA97LA012","probable_cause":"Was the pilots intentional disregard for operating the engine contrary to the flight manuals for intentionally exceeding the maximum engine temperature, resulting in creep failure of one of the compressor turbine blades.","registration":"N73080","state":"GA","summary":"Accident on October 21, 1996 at Sylvester, GA: minor injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":1,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N73080 is an Air Tractor Inc AT-400, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with turboprop engines, built in 1985. It has 1 seat. It is registered to Tall Towers Aviation INC, a corporation in Page, North Dakota. The registration is valid: it was issued on May 26, 2006 and expires on April 30, 2030. It holds a restricted airworthiness certificate for agriculture and pest control, dated December 19, 1985.","records_check":[{"finding":"Valid registration to Tall Towers Aviation INC, a corporation, certificate issued May 26, 2006, expires April 30, 2030. No fractional interest recorded.","item":"Registration and identity","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"Restricted certificate for agriculture and pest control, dated December 19, 1985, consistent with the 1985 manufacture year.","item":"Airworthiness certificate","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 400-0639 for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"N73080 was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Cessna 140 (serial 10296, cancelled November 17, 1950). 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 N73080: Accident on October 19, 1998 at Aztec, NM: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on October 21, 1996 at Sylvester, GA: 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":"Great Lakes","region_code":"C","registrant_type":"Corporation","registrant_type_code":"3","seats":1,"serial_number":"400-0639","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"ND","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"14269 17TH ST SE","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Fixed-wing, single engine","type_aircraft_code":"4","type_engine":"Turboprop","type_engine_code":"2","unique_id":"00941697","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N73080","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":1985,"zip":"580649780"}