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Air Tractor AT-502B: fleet, age & accident history

Name: Air Tractor AT-502B — US fleet registrations and NTSB accident history
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Aggregate figures from the FAA Aircraft Registry (current US civil registrations) and the NTSB Aviation Accident Database. No individual owners are named on this page.

328currently registered

20average age (years)

2008median model year

1seats

1engines

Accident-rate context

152.4NTSB events per 1,000 registered

50NTSB events (1982–2026)

NTSB-recorded events (loaded window) involving aircraft currently registered as this model, per 1,000 currently registered. Not a safety ranking; older events and deregistered aircraft are not counted.

Where Air Tractor AT-502B aircraft are registered

Count of currently registered Air Tractor AT-502B aircraft by registration state (FAA). Aggregate counts only.

State	Registered
Texas	36
Nebraska	29
Mississippi	27
Louisiana	24
Kansas	24
Minnesota	21

Air Tractor AT-502B airframes with a public accident record

These Air Tractor AT-502B aircraft are currently registered and carry at least one NTSB accident or incident record. Marked entries have a record filed under a different tail number — found by manufacturer serial number, which a search on the current N-number alone cannot surface.

N373HD 2001 · 1 record prior tail number
N879JA 2013 · 2 records
N598LA · 2 records
N6181Q 1996 · 2 records
N2032K 2011 · 1 record
N502NB 2012 · 1 record
N503GK 2014 · 1 record
N5044N 1997 · 1 record
N581TW 2005 · 1 record
N6073J 1994 · 1 record
N6177J 1995 · 1 record
N8525V · 1 record
N114WL 2014 · 1 record

Other Air Tractor models

AT-802A · 568 registered
AT-602 · 246 registered
AT-802 · 105 registered
AT-502A · 96 registered
AT-301 · 84 registered
AT-402B · 78 registered
AT-502 · 78 registered
AT-401 · 49 registered

Was this Air Tractor AT-502B ever wrecked under a different tail number?

The free registries search by current tail number — so a Air Tractor AT-502B that was wrecked, rebuilt, and re-registered under a new N-number shows clean on every one of them. The accident stays filed under the tail the airframe wore at the time. The $79 report cross-matches by manufacturer serial number to surface that hidden history — plus every registrant on record, registration expiry, recent FAA filings (the lien signal), and the full NTSB narrative for each event. Delivered instantly, no account, no ads.

Look up a Air Tractor AT-502B by tail number What's in the $79 report

This is an informational report compiled from public FAA and NTSB records. It is not a title search, lien abstract, or airworthiness determination, and does not replace a pre-purchase inspection. Liens and encumbrances require the certified FAA records — not included in the instant report.

source: FAA Aircraft Registry source: NTSB FAA data as of 2026-08-17 computed 2026-08-24