# N8526M: not currently registered

- Registered now: No (not in the FAA registry file). The mark may be reserved or free to assign
- Earlier aircraft: 1
- Last cancelled: August 22, 2025
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=8526M
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8526M

## Aircraft that carried N8526M

- [Cancelled 2025-08-22](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8526M-2025-08-22): Air Tractor AT-502B, S/N 502B-2570. Owner: [Air Tractor Inc](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/AIR%20TRACTOR%20INC), [Olney, TX](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/TX/Olney)

## NTSB investigations on N8526M (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB CHI05FA055](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI05FA055), Jan 18, 2005: Air Tractor AT-502B (N8526M), Hollister, OK, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilots of the AT-502B and the T-37B failed to maintain adequate visual lookout and did not maintain clearance from the other aircraft. Contributing factors included the lack of a transponder and…

## FAA accident and incident reports on N8526M (1)

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [Accident 20050118000332A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050118000332A), Jan 18, 2005: Airtrc AT502B (N8526M), Hollister, OK, Destroyed, 1 fatal. (-23) On January 18, 2005, at approximately 11:28 CST, an air tractor 502B, N8526M, collided inflight with an united states air force T-37B (air force aircraft…

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