Single-engine piston

N45421

Air Tractor AT-401

Registered No accidents on file
Built
—
Serial
401-0786
Class
Single-engine piston
Engines
Pratt & Whitney R1340 series
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registered owner
Ascend Ag Inc (Corporation)
Based
Wall, SD
Registration record

N45421 on the FAA register

Type
Air Tractor AT-401
Serial
401-0786
Engines
Pratt & Whitney R1340 series
Registered owner
Ascend Ag Inc
Wall, SD
Certificate issued
2016-09-22
Airworthiness date
1990-11-14
Registration expires
2029-09-30
Airworthiness class
Restricted
Mode S (hex)
A583B0
Mode S (octal)
51301660
Seats (type)
1
Weight class
up to 12,499 lb
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registry history

Timeline

  • 2029-09-30
    Registration expires (renewal due).
  • 2016-09-22
    Certificate of registration issued as N45421 to the current registrant.
  • 1990-11-14
    Airworthiness date on the current FAA record (restricted category).
Overview

About N45421

N45421 is an Air Tractor AT-401, serial number 401-0786. The FAA register lists Ascend Ag Inc as the registrant in Wall, South Dakota. The current certificate of registration was issued on September 22, 2016 and expires on September 30, 2029.

The FAA aircraft reference file describes the type as a single-engine piston, one Pratt & Whitney R1340 series engine and 1 seats. Its airworthiness certificate is restricted category, dated November 14, 1990.

No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices are on file for this airframe as N45421. 2 earlier records involve a different aircraft that carried the same N-number.

Safety record

Accident & incident history

1966-04-17 Accident · Klamathfalls Oreg, 37 Damage: Substantial NTSB · 3 1260
Reported aircraft: Luscombe 8A — a different aircraft that carried the N45421 registration before this airframe.
1965-07-27 Accident · Las Vegas Nev, 28 Damage: Substantial NTSB · 3 2733
Reported aircraft: Luscombe 8A — a different aircraft that carried the N45421 registration before this airframe.

Sources: NTSB aviation accident database and CAROL case system, FAA preliminary accident & incident notices. Search accident records

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Data: FAA Aircraft Registry (October 2026), including deregistered aircraft; NTSB and FAA accident data; fyiAero listing history. Individual owners' names are shown to signed-in users and street addresses are never shown. Type figures are published specifications, not this aircraft's.