N4217X - 2001 Ayres Corporation S2R-G10 Aircraft Registration

N4217X is a 2001 Ayres Corporation S2R-G10, a single-engine turbo-prop aircraft registered to Earls Spray Service INC in Breckenridge, MI. This aircraft holds a restricted airworthiness certificate issued by the Federal Aviation Administration on May 14, 2001. The registration certificate was issued on January 5, 2004. The registration is set to expire on August 31, 2029. Powered by a Airesearch TPE331 SERIES engine producing 600 horsepower, N4217X is. The aircraft's Mode S transponder code is A502B9 (hex), used for ADS-B identification and flight tracking. N4217X was last tracked by AviatorDB at coordinates 43.5332, -84.0831 on April 17, 2025. The FAA registry record for N4217X was last updated on August 25, 2023. 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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