# N8510M: 2003 Air Tractor AT-802A, registration cancelled 2022-10-20

- Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft)
- Cancelled: October 20, 2022
- Status when cancelled: First renewal notice
- Airframe: [Air Tractor AT-802A](https://openairdocs.org/model/air-tractor-at-802a) (registry code 0390308)
- Engine: [Pratt & Whitney PT6A series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-pt6a-series) (registry code 52034)
- Data sheets: [TCDS A19SW](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/A19SW) (OpenAirDocs)
- Serial number: 802A-0151
- Year built: 2003
- Type of aircraft: Fixed wing single engine
- Engine type: Reciprocating
- Airworthiness: Restricted, agriculture and pest control, forest
- Airworthiness date: April 25, 2003
- Certificate issued: April 18, 2005
- Last registry action: August 26, 2019
- Mode S code: ABAD73
- Owner when cancelled: [Sarita Aerial Contractors Inc](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/SARITA%20AERIAL%20CONTRACTORS%20INC)
- Location: [Coolidge, AZ](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/AZ/Coolidge)
- Owner type: Corporation
- Owner's area on the map: 32.9778° N, 111.5176° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Coolidge, AZ, within about 5 miles (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based
- The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8510M
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=8510M
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8510M-2022-10-20

From the FAA registry file of November 3, 2026, cancelled registrations. Owners' street addresses are left out. The Mode S code belongs to the N-number, not the airframe.

ADs and bulletins for the Air Tractor AT-802A: https://openairdocs.org/model/air-tractor-at-802a.md

## NTSB investigations (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 WPR20LA246](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR20LA246), Jul 30, 2020: Air Tractor AT802 (N8510M), Elgin, NV, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The trailing pilot’s failure to maintain separation from the lead airplane during a fire retardant deployment flight, which resulted in the trailing airplane flying through a plume of retardant and…

## FAA accident and incident reports (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 20200730011672A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200730011672A), Jul 30, 2020: Air Tractor Inc AT-802A (N8510M), Caliente, NV, Destroyed, 1 fatal. On July 30, 2020, at approximately 1330 PDT, the las vegas FSDO received notification of a midair collision between two Air tractor AT-802A single engine…

## Other aircraft with N8510M

- [Cancelled 1975-06-10](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8510M-1975-06-10): Beech 95-A55, S/N TC-452, built 1962. Owner: [Executive Air Inc](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/EXECUTIVE%20AIR%20INC), [Somerville, NJ](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/NJ/Somerville)

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