Single-engine turboprop

N60482

1994 Air Tractor AT-502B

Registered No accidents on file
Built
1994
Serial
502B-0270
Class
Single-engine turboprop
Engines
Pratt & Whitney PT6A series
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registered owner
Blue Earth Flying Service LLC (LLC)
Based
Blue Earth, MN
Registration record

N60482 on the FAA register

Type
1994 Air Tractor AT-502B
Serial
502B-0270
Engines
Pratt & Whitney PT6A series
Registered owner
Blue Earth Flying Service LLC
Blue Earth, MN
Certificate issued
2026-05-21
Airworthiness date
1994-10-27
Registration expires
2033-05-31
Airworthiness class
Restricted
Mode S (hex)
A7D9A6
Mode S (octal)
51754646
Seats (type)
1
Weight class
up to 12,499 lb
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registry history

Timeline

  • 2033-05-31
    Registration expires (renewal due).
  • 2026-05-21
    Certificate of registration issued as N60482 to the current registrant.
  • 1994-10-27
    Airworthiness date on the current FAA record (restricted category).
  • 1991-08-21
    N60482 previously assigned to a Beechcraft C23 Sundowner / Sundowner C23 / Sundowner C-23 (s/n M2180); cancelled.
  • 1965-05-10
    N60482 previously assigned to a Boeing/Stearman A75 N1 / PT-17 Kaydet (s/n 75-4601); cancelled.
Overview

About N60482

N60482 is a 1994 Air Tractor AT-502B, serial number 502B-0270. The FAA register lists Blue Earth Flying Service LLC as the registrant in Blue Earth, Minnesota. The current certificate of registration was issued on May 21, 2026 and expires on May 31, 2033.

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 October 27, 1994.

No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices are on file for this airframe as N60482. 1 earlier record involves a different aircraft that carried the same N-number.

Safety record

Accident & incident history

1989-08-12 Accident · S Lake Tahoe, CA Damage: Substantial NTSB · LAX89LA271
Reported aircraft: Beechcraft C23 — a different aircraft that carried the N60482 registration before this airframe.
Probable cause: THE AIRCRAFT'S ENCOUNTER WITH A DOWNDRAFT DURING TAKEOFF. CONTRIBUTING FACTORS WERE RELATED TO THE HIGH DENSITY ALTITUDE CONDITION WHICH EXISTED AND THE AIRCRAFT'S DETERIORATED TAKEOFF PERFORMANCE CAPABILITY.

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.