Aurora Cooperative Elevator

Certificate type not established

Data confidence: Records are linked by certificate number, aircraft registration, or a name match that a reviewer has confirmed. Each record below shows how it was linked.

Also recorded as: Aurora Cooperative Elevator

Accident & enforcement record

Events that happened, regardless of the operator's own reporting. Each links to its public source.

NTSB accidents & incidents

Accident · 2020-07-25 Operator named in NTSB report
Air Tractor AT502 (N502KJ) Fatal injury Part 137

Operated by Aurora Cooperative Elevator Company (per NTSB report)

The pilot’s exceedance of the airplane’s critical angle of attack while maneuvering during an agricultural flight, which resulted in an aerodynamic stall and a loss of control at too low of an altitude to recover. Contributing to the accident was the pilot’s excessive climb technique between spray passes.

Source: NTSB case CEN20LA306
Accident · 2019-07-24 Operator named in NTSB report
Air Tractor AT 502 (N15400) No injuries Part 137

Operated by Aurora Cooperative Elevator (per NTSB report)

The pilot's failure to maintain clearance from wires during an agricultural application flight.

Source: NTSB case GAA19CA453

FAA enforcement actions

No FAA enforcement actions linked to this operator.

Maintenance disclosure history

No maintenance difficulty reports on file. Note: SDR filing is largely voluntary, so absence is not evidence of a clean maintenance history.

Linked aircraft

N-numberMake / modelYearStatusLink basis
N15400Operator named in NTSB report
N502KJOperator named in NTSB report

Aircraft with earlier records under this certificate

Maintenance and accident records on this page also cover aircraft that are not in this operator's current FAA fleet list. Charter and management fleets change — owners switch management companies, sell, or export aircraft. Where the registry shows what became of a tail, it is noted below.

  • N502KJ — records 2020 · no longer on the FAA registry
  • N15400 — records 2019 · no longer on the FAA registry