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TCDS A17SW

Air Tractor Inc.

Historical Aircraft Small Airplane Rev 11 09/10/2007 drs.faa.gov ↗

Applicable airworthiness directives (54)

ADs joined from the FAA Federal Register by (Air Tractor Inc. × model). Click any AD to see the full Federal Register record. Mandatory; flying out of compliance grounds the airplane.

  • 2021-06142 Airworthiness Directives; Air Tractor, Inc., Airplanes 2021-03-25
  • 2020-16209 Airworthiness Directives; Air Tractor, Inc. Airplanes 2020-07-28
  • E9-11902 Airworthiness Directives; Air Tractor, Inc. Models AT-400, AT-400A, AT-402, AT-402A, AT-402B, AT-502, AT-502A, AT-502B, AT-503A, AT-602, AT-802, and AT-802A Airplanes 2009-05-22
  • E9-11518 Airworthiness Directives; Hartzell Propeller Inc. Steel Hub Turbine Propellers 2009-05-20
  • E9-7068 Airworthiness Directives; Air Tractor, Inc. Models AT-400, AT-401, AT-401B, AT-402, AT-402A, and AT-402B Airplanes 2009-03-31
  • E8-29568 Airworthiness Directives; Air Tractor, Inc. Models AT-200, AT-300, AT-400, AT-500, AT-600, and AT-800 Series Airplanes 2008-12-24
  • E8-29165 Airworthiness Directives; Air Tractor, Inc., Models AT-400, AT-401, AT-401B, AT-402, AT-402A, and AT-402B Airplanes 2008-12-10
  • E8-25286 Airworthiness Directives; Air Tractor, Inc. Models AT-200, AT-300, AT-400, AT-500, AT-600, and AT-800 Series Airplanes 2008-10-23
  • E8-24137 Airworthiness Directives; Air Tractor, Inc. Models AT-402, AT-402A, and AT-402B Airplanes 2008-10-16
  • E8-15456 Airworthiness Directives; Air Tractor, Inc., Models AT-402, AT-402A, and AT-402B Airplanes 2008-07-08
  • E8-11944 Airworthiness Directives; Air Tractor, Inc. AT-200, AT-300, AT-400, AT-500, AT-600, and AT-800 Series Airplanes 2008-06-02
  • E8-9925 Airworthiness Directives; Air Tractor, Inc. AT-400, AT-500, AT-600, and AT-800 Series Airplanes 2008-05-08
  • E8-4005 Airworthiness Directives; Air Tractor, Inc. AT-200, AT-300, AT-400, AT-500, AT-600, AT-800 Series Airplanes 2008-03-03
  • E7-24215 Airworthiness Directives; Air Tractor, Inc. AT-400, AT-500, AT-600, and AT-800 Series Airplanes 2007-12-14
  • E7-23229 Airworthiness Directives; Air Tractor, Inc. Models AT-400, AT-500, AT-600, and AT-800 Series Airplanes 2007-11-30
  • E6-20324 Airworthiness Directives; Air Tractor, Inc. Models AT-501, AT-502, AT-502A, AT-502B, and AT-503A Airplanes 2006-12-04
  • E6-19153 Airworthiness Directives; Air Tractor, Inc. Models AT-502, AT-502A, AT-502B, AT-602, AT-802, and AT-802A Airplanes 2006-11-16
  • E6-18688 Airworthiness Directives; Air Tractor, Inc. Model AT-602 Airplanes 2006-11-09
  • E6-12949 Airworthiness Directives; Air Tractor, Inc. Model AT-602 Airplanes 2006-08-09
  • E6-12945 Airworthiness Directives; Air Tractor, Inc. Models AT-501, AT-502, AT-502A, AT-502B, and AT-503A Airplanes 2006-08-09
  • E6-12940 Airworthiness Directives; Air Tractor, Inc. Models AT-502, AT-502A, AT-502B, AT-602, AT-802, and AT-802A Airplanes 2006-08-09
  • C6-3617 Airworthiness Directives; Air Tractor, Inc. Models AT-400; AT-401, AT-401B, AT-402, AT-402A, and AT-402B Airplanes 2006-05-12
  • 06-3617 Airworthiness Directives; Air Tractor, Inc. Models AT-400; AT-401, AT-401B, AT-402, AT-402A, and AT-402B Airplanes 2006-04-19
  • 06-3613 Airworthiness Directives; Air Tractor, Inc. Models AT-802 and AT-802A Airplanes 2006-04-19
  • 06-3614 Airworthiness Directives; Air Tractor, Inc. Model AT-501 Airplanes 2006-04-17
  • 05-13733 Airworthiness Directives; Hartzell Propeller Inc. Models HC-B3TN-2, HC-B3TN-3, HC-B3TN-5, HC-B3MN-3, HC-B4TN-3, HC-B4TN-5, HC-B4MN-5, HC-B4MP-3, HC-B4MP-5, and HC-B5MP-3 Propellers 2005-07-14
  • 05-12177 Airworthiness Directives; Air Tractor, Inc. Models AT-300, AT-301, AT-302, AT-400, AT-400A, AT-401, AT-402, AT-602, AT-802, and AT-802A Airplanes 2005-06-22
  • 05-4238 Airworthiness Directives; Air Tractor, Inc. Models AT-300, AT-301, AT-302, AT-400, AT-400A, AT-401, AT-402, AT-602, AT-802, and AT-802A Airplanes 2005-03-04
  • C5-2507 Airworthiness Directives: Air Tractor, Inc. Models AT-502, AT- 502A, AT-502B, and AT-503A Airplanes 2005-02-28
  • 05-3271 Airworthiness Directives; Air Tractor Inc. Model AT-602 Airplanes 2005-02-22
  • 05-2507 Airworthiness Directives; Air Tractor, Inc. Models AT-502, AT-502A, AT-502B, and AT-503A Airplanes 2005-02-09
  • 04-17119 Airworthiness Directives; Air Tractor, Inc. Models AT-401, AT-401B, AT-402, AT-402A, AT-402B, AT-501, AT-502, AT-502A, AT-502B, AT-503A, AT-602, AT-802, and AT-802A Airplanes 2004-07-30
  • C4-8056 Airworthiness Directives; Air Tractor, Inc. Models AT-401, AT-401B, AT-402, AT-402A, AT-402B, AT-501, AT-502, AT-502A, AT-502B, AT-503A, AT-602, AT-802, and AT-802A Airplanes 2004-06-04
  • 04-8056 Airworthiness Directives; Air Tractor, Inc. Models AT-401, AT-401B, AT-402, AT-402A, AT-402B, AT-501, AT-502, AT-502A, AT-502B, AT-503A, AT-602, AT-802, and AT-802A Airplanes 2004-04-09
  • 03-7747 Airworthiness Directives; Air Tractor, Inc. Models AT-300, AT-400, AT-400A, AT-401, AT-401B, AT-402, AT-402A, AT-402B, AT-501, AT-502, and AT-502B Airplanes 2003-04-03
  • 02-32684 Airworthiness Directives; Air Tractor, Inc. Models AT-502, AT-502A, AT-502B, and AT-503A Airplanes 2003-01-02
  • 02-32685 Airworthiness Directives; Air Tractor, Inc. Models AT-300, AT-400, AT-400A, AT-401, AT-401B, AT-402, AT-402A, AT-402B, AT-501, AT-502, and AT-502B Airplanes 2002-12-27
  • 02-31998 Airworthiness Directives; Air Tractor, Inc. Models AT-250, AT-300, AT-301, AT-302, AT-400, AT-400A, AT-401, AT-401A, AT-402, AT-402A, AT-501, AT-502, and AT-502A Airplanes 2002-12-23
  • 02-24404 Airworthiness Directives; Air Tractor, Inc. Models AT-402, AT-402A, AT-402B, AT-602, AT-802, and AT-802A Airplanes 2002-10-01
  • 02-22002 Airworthiness Directives; Air Tractor, Inc. Models AT-250, AT-300, AT-301, AT-302, AT-400, AT-400A, AT-401, AT-401A, AT-402, AT-402A, AT-501, AT-502, and AT-502A Airplanes 2002-08-29
  • 02-16309 Airworthiness Directives; Air Tractor, Inc. Models AT-402, AT-402A, AT-402B, AT-602, AT-802, and AT-802A Airplanes 2002-06-28
  • C2-13423 Airworthiness Directives; Air Tractor, Inc. Models AT-502, AT- 502A, AT-502B, and AT-503A Airplanes 2002-06-20
  • 02-13423 Airworthiness Directives; Air Tractor, Inc. Models AT-502, AT-502A, AT-502B, and AT-503A Airplanes 2002-06-04
  • 02-13609 Airworthiness Directives; Air Tractor, Inc. Models AT-400, AT-401, AT-401B, AT-402, AT-402A, AT-402B, AT-501, AT-802, and AT-802A Airplanes 2002-05-31
  • 01-31555 Airworthiness Directives; Air Tractor, Inc. AT-400, AT-500, and AT-800 Series Airplanes 2001-12-27
  • 01-13737 Airworthiness Directives; Air Tractor, Inc. AT-400, AT-500, and AT-800 Series Airplanes 2001-06-04
  • 01-11968 Airworthiness Directives; Air Tractor, Inc. AT-400, AT-500, and AT-800 Series Airplanes 2001-05-16
  • 00-18995 Airworthiness Directives; Air Tractor, Inc. Models AT-501, AT-502, and AT-502A Airplanes 2000-07-31
  • 00-13445 Airworthiness Directives; Air Tractor Incorporated Models AT-301, AT-401, and AT-501 Airplanes 2000-06-02
  • 98-32046 Airworthiness Directives; Air Tractor, Inc. AT-300, AT-400, and AT-500 Series Airplanes 1998-12-03

+ 4 older AD(s) — browse all ADs ↗

Special Airworthiness Information Bulletins (3)

Advisory bulletins on these airframes. Not mandatory like ADs — but operators tracking AD compliance often miss the SAIB on the same component.

Special Conditions + ELOS findings

Certification-time deviations: SCs add requirements where the design is novel; ELOS allows alternative compliance. Most modern types have both.

Certification basis — 14 CFR

Specific sections

  • Sec. 21.25
  • Sec. 23.33
  • Sec. 23.361
  • Sec. 23.395
  • Sec. 23.397
  • Sec. 23.562

Fleet view · 746 registered tails

Engineering specs aggregated from the FAA Aircraft Registry — what every actually-flying tail under this TCDS reports. Median + 10th–90th-percentile range across the active fleet.

Seats

1

1–2 (n=746)

Horsepower

750

500–867

Year of mfr

2002

1987–2025

Engines on the type, by tail count

  • P&W PT6A SERIES 222
  • P&W CANADA PT6A-34AG 218
  • P&W PT6A SER 65
  • P&W CANADA PT6A-140AG 59
  • P&W R1340 SERIES 55
  • P&W CANADA PT6A-15AG 35
  • P&W CANADA PT6A-60A 28
  • P&W CANADA PT6A-60AG 10

NTSB events

322

across all model variants

Applicable ADs

345

FAA airworthiness directives

Per-tail rate

0.43 events / tail · 0.46 ADs / tail

The TCDS PDF on drs.faa.gov is the authoritative document for design-as-certified weight limits, performance, equipment, AD compliance times, and operating limitations. Open on drs.faa.gov ↗ DRS frequently breaks — when it does, the fleet view above and the cross-links below are usually what you actually need.