N4016B - Ayres Corporation S2R-T34 Aircraft Registration

N4016B is a Ayres Corporation S2R-T34, a single-engine turbo-prop aircraft registered to Crop First Aviation INC in Stanfield, AZ. This aircraft holds a restricted airworthiness certificate issued by the Federal Aviation Administration on September 22, 1979. The registration certificate was issued on February 8, 2024. The registration is set to expire on February 28, 2031. Powered by a P&w Canada PT6A-60A engine producing 1050 horsepower, N4016B is. The aircraft's Mode S transponder code is A4B384 (hex), used for ADS-B identification and flight tracking. The FAA registry record for N4016B was last updated on February 8, 2024. AviatorDB monitors aircraft positions through ADS-B surveillance data and updates records as new position data is received.

The Ayres S-2R-T660 Turbo Thrush is a specialized agricultural aircraft that represented a technological shift from radial to turboprop power in crop-dusting operations. First flown in its prototype S-2R form on September 9, 1975, with the T660 variant certificated in March 2000, it is a single-seat, low-wing taildragger configuration powered by a Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A turboprop engine. With an empty weight of 2,336 kg and maximum loaded weight of 5,670 kg, it features a chemical hopper capacity up to 2,273 liters. The aircraft was manufactured by Ayres Corporation in Albany, Georgia. AviatorDB tracks 248 Ayres Corporation aircraft currently registered in the FAA database. The ICAO type designator for this aircraft model is A660.

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