N5197X1999 Air Tractor INC AT-502B
Safety record in brief:No NTSB accidents or incidents since 19825 ADs may apply1 service difficulty report
Registration
FAA Aircraft Registry · Oct 17, 2026- Registered owner
- Juliet Alpha Sierra LLC
- Owner type
- LLC
- City, state
- Sartell, MN
- Certificate issued
- Aug 20, 2024
- Expires
- Aug 31, 2031
- Airworthiness
- Restricted · Agriculture and Pest Control, Forest
- Airworthiness date
- Apr 14, 1999
We never show street addresses, even though they appear in the public FAA file. Individual owners are shown by city and state only.
Airframe & engine
FAA Registry + type dataAirframe
- Manufacturer
- Air Tractor INC
- Model
- AT-502B
- Year
- 1999
- Serial number
- 502B-0571
- Aircraft type
- Fixed wing single engine
- Category
- Land
- Certification
- Type Certificated
- Seats
- 1
- Engines
- 1
- Max takeoff weight
- Up to 12,499 lb
- Type certificate data sheet
- A17SW
- Mode S code
- A68641
Engine
- Make and model
- P&W Pt6a Series
- Type
- Turbo-prop
- Power
- 500 hp
Total time and engine hours aren't public. They appear here once the owner adds logbooks.
Ownership history
Ownership history from FAA records- 2024 – nowJuliet Alpha Sierra LLCSartell, MN · current
- 1971 – 1972PartnershipErwinna, PA · different airframe: Champion 7kcab S/N 197
Individual owners are shown by city and state only.
Safety record
NTSB · Oct 15, 2026 · FAA ADs · Oct 17, 2026 · SDRs · Oct 16, 2026NTSB events (0)
No NTSB accidents or incidents found for this airframe since 1982.
Accident history for this modelADs published since 1998 that may apply (5)
These match the airframe or engine model. Whether each one applies, and whether it's been complied with, depends on serial numbers, equipment and logbook entries. Applicability must be confirmed by a mechanic against the aircraft's records.
| AD | Subject | Effective | Applies to |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-05-14 | Air Tractor, Inc., Airplanes | Apr 29, 2021 | Airframe (AT-502B) |
| 2009-11-05 | Air Tractor, Inc. Models AT-400, AT-400A, AT-402, AT-402A, AT-402B, AT-502, AT-502A… | Jun 1, 2009 | Airframe (AT-502B)Certain serial numbers: AT-400 -0001–-1175; AT-400A -0001–-1175; AT-402 -0001–-1175; AT-402A -0001–-1175; AT-402B -0001–-1175; AT-502 -0001–-2597; … |
| 2006-23-14 | Air Tractor, Inc. Models AT-502, AT-502A, AT-502B, AT-602, AT-802, and AT-802A Airplanes | Dec 21, 2006 | Airframe (AT-502B)Certain serial numbers: AT-502 502/502B-0003–502/502B-2600; AT-502B 502/502B-0003–502/502B-2600; AT-502A 502A-0003–502A-2582; AT-602 602-0337–602-1138; AT-802 802/802A-0001–802/802A-0215; AT-802A 802/802A-0001–802/802A-0215 |
| 2002-26-05 | Air Tractor, Inc. Models AT-502, AT-502A, AT-502B, and AT-503A Airplanes | Jan 15, 2003 | Airframe (AT-502B)Certain serial numbers: AT-502 0003–0236; AT-502A 0158–on; AT-502B 0187–on; AT-503A 0067–on. Only with: Safe life of the wing lower spar cap; separate safe-life calculation for airplanes with Marburger Enterprises, Inc. winglets installed per STC SA00490LA. |
| 98-25-01 | Air Tractor, Inc. AT-300, AT-400, and AT-500 Series Airplanes | Jan 19, 1999 | Airframe (AT-502B)Certain serial numbers: AT-300, AT-301, AT-302, AT-400, AT-400A, AT-401, AT-401A, AT-401B, AT-402, AT-402A, AT-402B 300-0001–401B-1063; AT-501, AT-502, AT-502A, AT-502B, AT-503A 502-0001–502B-0500. Only with: Airplanes that do not have P/N 70975-1 flap actuator overtravel stop installed per Snow Engineering Co. Service Letter #165, dated May 15, 1998. |
AI-extracted — verify against original. Matched from each AD's applicability section; ADs replaced by a later AD are left out.
Service Difficulty Reports (1)
Reports of failures and defects that operators and repair stations sent to the FAA since 1995. A report describes one finding; it is not an accident.
- Propellers · bearing · crackedOct 5, 2023
PROP ORIGINALLY REMOVED FOR ISSUES WITH PROP NOT FULLY CYCLING THROUGH ITS FULL RANGE OF MOTION. HAD ONE BLADE THAT WAS NOT ACTUATING PROPERLY. WAS TAKING LONGER THAN NORMAL TO GO TO FEATHER. PROP WAS DELIVERED TO NORTHWEST PROPELLER SERVICE FOR OVERHAUL. BEGAN DISASSEMBLY AND DISCONNECTED LINK…
From FAA Service Difficulty Reports; matched by N-number and serial number.
Sources
- FAA Aircraft RegistryRegistration, owner city and state, airframe, engineupdated Oct 17, 2026
- NTSB accident and incident databaseAccidents and incidents since 1982updated Oct 15, 2026
- FAA Airworthiness Directives (Federal Register)ADs published since 1998updated Oct 17, 2026
- FAA Service Difficulty ReportsReports since 1995updated Oct 16, 2026