Single-engine turboprop

N5538P

2017 Thrush S2R-H80

Registered No accidents on file
Built
2017
Serial
H80-197
Class
Single-engine turboprop
Engines
Ge Av H80-100
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registered owner
Aerial Crop Care Co (Corporation)
Based
Hebron, ND
Registration record

N5538P on the FAA register

Type
2017 Thrush S2R-H80
Serial
H80-197
Engines
Ge Av H80-100
Registered owner
Aerial Crop Care Co
Hebron, ND
Certificate issued
2024-02-19
Airworthiness date
2017-07-18
Registration expires
2031-02-28
Airworthiness class
Restricted
Mode S (hex)
A70E0E
Mode S (octal)
51607016
Seats (type)
1
Weight class
up to 12,499 lb
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registry history

Timeline

  • 2031-02-28
    Registration expires (renewal due).
  • 2024-02-19
    Certificate of registration issued as N5538P to the current registrant.
  • 2017-07-18
    Airworthiness date on the current FAA record (restricted category).
  • 1993-02-05
    N5538P previously assigned to a Cessna 152 (s/n 15284971); cancelled.
  • 1962-08-14
    N5538P previously assigned to a Piper Comanche 250 (s/n 24-602); cancelled.
Overview

About N5538P

N5538P is a 2017 Thrush S2R-H80, serial number H80-197. The FAA register lists Aerial Crop Care Co as the registrant in Hebron, North Dakota. The current certificate of registration was issued on February 19, 2024 and expires on February 28, 2031.

The FAA aircraft reference file describes the type as a single-engine turboprop, one Ge Av H80-100 engine and 1 seats. Its airworthiness certificate is restricted category, dated July 18, 2017.

No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices are on file for this airframe as N5538P. 1 earlier record involves a different aircraft that carried the same N-number.

Safety record

Accident & incident history

1990-07-19 Accident · Lansing, IL Damage: Destroyed NTSB · CHI90LA182
Reported aircraft: Cessna 152 — a different aircraft that carried the N5538P registration before this airframe.
Probable cause: THE INSTRUCTOR'S INABILITY TO CONTROL THE AIRPLANE DURING ITS LANDING ROLL.

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.