Single-engine turboprop

N5003C

Air Tractor AT-502B

Registered 1 NTSB/FAA record
Built
—
Serial
502B-0396
Class
Single-engine turboprop
Engines
Pratt & Whitney PT6A series
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registered owner
Crop Air LLC (LLC)
Based
Eaton, CO
Registration record

N5003C on the FAA register

Type
Air Tractor AT-502B
Serial
502B-0396
Engines
Pratt & Whitney PT6A series
Registered owner
Crop Air LLC
Eaton, CO
Certificate issued
2025-02-25
Airworthiness date
1996-11-27
Registration expires
2032-02-29
Airworthiness class
Restricted
Mode S (hex)
A63CB4
Mode S (octal)
51436264
Seats (type)
1
Weight class
up to 12,499 lb
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registry history

Timeline

  • 2032-02-29
    Registration expires (renewal due).
  • 2025-02-25
    Certificate of registration issued as N5003C to the current registrant.
  • 2009-08-17
    Accident at Whittemore, IA; damage: substantial.
  • 1996-11-27
    Airworthiness date on the current FAA record (restricted category).
  • 1993-05-24
    N5003C previously assigned to a Sikorsky S-70A-18 (s/n 701713); cancelled.
  • 1970-10-07
    N5003C previously assigned to a Beechcraft B35 Bonanza / Bonanza B35 (s/n D-2265); cancelled.
Overview

About N5003C

N5003C is an Air Tractor AT-502B, serial number 502B-0396. The FAA register lists Crop Air LLC as the registrant in Eaton, Colorado. The current certificate of registration was issued on February 25, 2025 and expires on February 29, 2032.

The FAA aircraft reference file describes the type as a single-engine turboprop, one Pratt & Whitney PT6A series engine and 1 seats. Its airworthiness certificate is restricted category, dated November 27, 1996.

N5003C has 1 accident/incident record on file (most serious damage: substantial); details are below. 1 earlier record involves a different aircraft that carried the same N-number.

Safety record

Accident & incident history

2009-08-17 Accident · Whittemore, IA Damage: Substantial NTSB · CEN09CA533
Reported aircraft: Air Tractor AT-502B
Probable cause: The pilot's lack of preflight planning and remedial action with resulted in the airplane's inability to climb out of ground effect.
1968-04-06 Accident · Union,Ohio, 35 Damage: Substantial NTSB · 3 0868
Reported aircraft: Beechcraft B35 — a different aircraft that carried the N5003C 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.