Single-engine turboprop

N502SB

2023 Air Tractor AT-502A

Registered No accidents on file
Built
2023
Serial
502A-3428
Class
Single-engine turboprop
Engines
Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-140AG
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registered owner
Gross Flying Service Inc (Corporation)
Based
Larned, KS
Registration record

N502SB on the FAA register

Type
2023 Air Tractor AT-502A
Serial
502A-3428
Engines
Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-140AG
Registered owner
Gross Flying Service Inc
Larned, KS
Certificate issued
2023-08-29
Airworthiness date
2023-05-17
Registration expires
2030-08-31
Airworthiness class
Restricted
Mode S (hex)
A642F0
Mode S (octal)
51441360
Seats (type)
1
Weight class
up to 12,499 lb
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registry history

Timeline

  • 2030-08-31
    Registration expires (renewal due).
  • 2023-08-29
    Certificate of registration issued as N502SB to the current registrant.
  • 2023-05-17
    Airworthiness date on the current FAA record (restricted category).
  • 2015-07-23
    N502SB previously assigned to a Aerostar 601P / Aerostar (s/n 61P-0502-207); cancelled.
  • 1995-02-06
    N502SB previously assigned to a Cessna 310R (s/n 310R0244); cancelled.
Overview

About N502SB

N502SB is a 2023 Air Tractor AT-502A, serial number 502A-3428. The FAA register lists Gross Flying Service Inc as the registrant in Larned, Kansas. The current certificate of registration was issued on August 29, 2023 and expires on August 31, 2030.

The FAA aircraft reference file describes the type as a single-engine turboprop, one Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-140AG engine and 1 seats. Its airworthiness certificate is restricted category, dated May 17, 2023.

No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices are on file for this airframe as N502SB. 1 earlier record involves a different aircraft that carried the same N-number.

Safety record

Accident & incident history

1994-09-03 Accident · Blain, PA Damage: Destroyed Fatal injury NTSB · NYC94FA166
Reported aircraft: Cessna 310R — a different aircraft that carried the N502SB registration before this airframe.
Probable cause: THE PILOT'S IMPAIRMENT OF JUDGMENT AND PERFORMANCE DUE TO DRUGS, FAILURE TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF THE AIRPLANE, AND EXCEEDING THE DESIGN STRESS LIMITS OF THE AIRPLANE, WHICH RESULTED IN AN IN-FLIGHT BREAKUP OF THE AIRPLANE. A FACTOR RELATED TO THE ACCIDENT WAS: CONDITIONS CONDUCIVE TO FATIGUE.

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.