Single-engine turboprop

N5046F

1997 Air Tractor AT-502B

Registered No accidents on file
Built
1997
Serial
502B-0455
Class
Single-engine turboprop
Engines
Pratt & Whitney PT6A series
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registered owner
Mulder Air Inc (Corporation)
Based
Renville, MN
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Registration record

N5046F on the FAA register

Type
1997 Air Tractor AT-502B
Serial
502B-0455
Engines
Pratt & Whitney PT6A series
Registered owner
Mulder Air Inc
Renville, MN
Certificate issued
2023-03-06
Airworthiness date
1998-01-07
Registration expires
2030-03-31
Airworthiness class
Restricted
Mode S (hex)
A64BFC
Mode S (octal)
51445774
Seats (type)
1
Weight class
up to 12,499 lb
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registry history

Timeline

  • 2030-03-31
    Registration expires (renewal due).
  • 2023-03-06
    Certificate of registration issued as N5046F to the current registrant.
  • 1998-01-07
    Airworthiness date on the current FAA record (restricted category).
  • 1997
    Manufactured (1997).
  • 1993-05-20
    N5046F previously assigned to a Fairchild Hiller FH-1100 (s/n 192); cancelled.
Overview

About N5046F

N5046F is a 1997 Air Tractor AT-502B, serial number 502B-0455. The FAA register lists Mulder Air Inc as the registrant in Renville, Minnesota. The current certificate of registration was issued on March 6, 2023 and expires on March 31, 2030.

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 January 7, 1998.

No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices are on file for this airframe as N5046F. 1 earlier record involves a different aircraft that carried the same N-number.

Safety record

Accident & incident history

1992-12-12 Accident · Forney, TX Damage: Destroyed Fatal injury NTSB · FTW93FA051
Reported aircraft: Hiller FH-1100 — a different aircraft that carried the N5046F registration before this airframe.
Probable cause: THE PILOT'S FAILURE TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF THE HELICOPTER AS A RESULT OF HIS PHYSICAL IMPAIRMENT DUE TO ALCOHOL. FACTORS CONTRIBUTING TO THE ACCIDENT WERE: THE DARK NIGHT AND THE PILOT'S LIKELY DIVERSION OF HIS ATTENTION FROM OPERATING THE HELICOPTER.

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.