Single-engine turboprop

N50738

1997 Air Tractor AT-602

Registered No accidents on file
Built
1997
Serial
602-0448
Class
Single-engine turboprop
Engines
Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-66 series
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registered owner
Farm Air Inc (Corporation)
Based
Astoria, IL
Registration record

N50738 on the FAA register

Type
1997 Air Tractor AT-602
Serial
602-0448
Engines
Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-66 series
Registered owner
Farm Air Inc
Astoria, IL
Certificate issued
2025-04-05
Airworthiness date
2001-08-07
Registration expires
2032-04-30
Airworthiness class
Special flight permit
Mode S (hex)
A656D3
Mode S (octal)
51453323
Seats (type)
2
Weight class
up to 12,499 lb
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registry history

Timeline

  • 2032-04-30
    Registration expires (renewal due).
  • 2025-04-05
    Certificate of registration issued as N50738 to the current registrant.
  • 2001-08-07
    Airworthiness date on the current FAA record (special flight permit category).
  • 1997
    Manufactured (1997).
  • 1992-11-17
    N50738 previously assigned to a Cessna 150J (s/n 15069520); cancelled.
  • 1955-10-11
    N50738 previously assigned to a Boeing D75N1 (s/n 75-3943); cancelled.
Overview

About N50738

N50738 is a 1997 Air Tractor AT-602, serial number 602-0448. The FAA register lists Farm Air Inc as the registrant in Astoria, Illinois. The current certificate of registration was issued on April 5, 2025 and expires on April 30, 2032.

The FAA aircraft reference file describes the type as a single-engine turboprop, one Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-66 series engine and 2 seats. Its airworthiness certificate is special flight permit category, dated August 7, 2001.

No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices are on file for this airframe as N50738. 2 earlier records involve a different aircraft that carried the same N-number.

Safety record

Accident & incident history

1991-04-25 Accident · Kure Beach, NC Damage: Destroyed Fatal injury NTSB · ATL91LA088
Reported aircraft: Cessna 150J — a different aircraft that carried the N50738 registration before this airframe.
Probable cause: THE PILOT'S POOR JUDGEMENT, WHILE IMPAIRED BY ALCOHOL, AND HIS MISJUDGEMENT OF ALTITUDE/CLEARANCE ABOVE THE WATER AFTER INITIATING A LOW PASS.
1988-01-12 Accident · Carolina Beach, NC Damage: Substantial NTSB · ATL88LA075
Reported aircraft: Cessna 150 — a different aircraft that carried the N50738 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.