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N4549E

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Air Tractor AT-401 · Pratt & Whitney R1340 series

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Registered owner
Vertical Vegetation Management LLC
Location
Darlington, IN
Owner type
LLC
Serial number
401-0765
Type
Fixed wing single engine
Engine
Reciprocating
Airworthiness
Restricted, agriculture and pest control
Airworthiness date
June 19, 1990
Certificate issued
March 9, 2021
Expires
March 31, 2028
Mode S code
A58490
Air Tractor AT-401Airframe model · 1 seat · 1 engine · 50 registeredTCDS A17SWAirframe · Air Tractor AT-401Engine modelPratt & Whitney R1340 series

From the FAA registry file of October 24, 2026. The registry lists only the engine series, so ADs for every Pratt & Whitney R1340 model are included below.

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Airworthiness directives that may apply · 11

Matched by this aircraft’s airframe and engine models. Each AD’s applicability may narrow it by serial number, part number or equipment.

1996In forceSuperseded2026
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Information bulletins that may apply · 4

Advisory, not mandatory.

NTSB investigations · 2

Matched to this aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model.

NTSB GAA15CA117Accident · No injuriesData collectionFinal reportWall, SDThe pilot's failure to adjust the airplane's useful load to compensate for the high temperature, which resulted in an insufficient climb rate to clear surrounding terrain, and a runway excursion.Jun 9, 2015 · Substantial damageNTSB CHI01LA195Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportEllinwood, KSThe pilot failed to see and avoid the guy wire during an aerial application flight. A factor associated with the accident was the guy wire.Jul 2, 2001 · Substantial damage

FAA incident reports · 3

FAA accident and incident reports matched to this aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model.

Accident 20150609008669ATakeoff: Rotation · Wall, SDOn June 9, 2015, at 1630 an Air tractor (AT-401) registered to cedar butte Air inc., was involved in an accident while taking-off from a Grass strip for the purpose of agricultural aerial application. Visual metrological conditions prevailed and no flight…Jun 9, 2015 · Substantial damageAccident 20010702018889AEllinwood, KS(.19) On July 2, 2001, at 0930 central daylight time, an air tractor AT-401, N4549E, contacted a guy wire and collided with the terrain during an aerial application flight in Ellinwood, Kansas. The commercial pilot flying the airplane was not injured. The…Jul 2, 2001 · No damageIncident 19960321017399ILow Level Operations · Ellinwood, KSNarrative: Mr. Hoeffner was spraying two pastures located across the road from each other and separated by a powerline. He was climbing over the powerline on each pass. On the sixth pass, he had started the climb when his engine began to run rough. In his…Mar 21, 1996

Service difficulty reports

No reports matched to N4549EGeneral aviation reporting is voluntary. Matched to this aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model. Reports on Air Tractor AT-401 aircraft

STCs that may be installed · 60

Approved for this aircraft’s airframe or engine model. The registry doesn’t record which STCs an aircraft has; its records do.

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Earlier aircraft with this N-number · 2

These aircraft carried N4549E before the one registered now. The FAA can assign a mark to another aircraft once a registration is cancelled.

1967Aero Commander 680V · S/N 1683-64Cancelled Oct 12, 1967 · Exported to Venezuela · Aero Commander, Bethany, OK1963Aeronca 7DC · S/N 7DC-151Cancelled May 23, 1963 · Exported to Canada · Red Darnall, Glasgow, MT