N438DF — Grumman S-2T Tracker air tanker
Landed Santa Rosa, CA
Registered since 2000 · 176 trips since June 2025 · home field Santa Rosa.
History
That's the last 7 days. The full record — 176 trips, registered since 2000, every registry change — is a Jump Seat · $15/month.
Where it goes
| Santa Rosa, CA — home field | 73 trips |
| Ramona, CA | 33 trips |
| Hemet, CA | 11 trips |
| Porterville, CA | 11 trips |
| Sacramento, CA | 6 trips |
| Paso Robles, CA | 3 trips |
The aircraft
Airframe
- Type
- Grumman S-2T Tracker air tanker
- Make and model on the certificate
- MARSH AVIATION S-2F3AT
- Category and class
- Fixed wing, multi engine · 2 × turboprop
- Serial
- 151640
- Seats
- 5
Identity
- Registration
- N438DF
- Mode-S hex
- A54127
- Flies as
- CFR85
- Last tracked
- Sep 20, 2026
Registration
- Registrant
- USDA FOREST SERVICE FEPP
- Address of record
- MCCLELLAN, CA
- FAA status
- Valid
- Certificate issued
- Feb 1, 2000
- Registration expires
- Jul 31, 2029
- Registry
- United States
FAA Registry N438DF, snapshot Sep 24, 2026.
Title history
- N438DF assigned — first registration
- Registered to USDA FOREST SERVICE FEPP
Owner history
| Years | Registered owner | Where | How it ended |
|---|---|---|---|
| Present | USDA FOREST SERVICE FEPP | Mcclellan, CA | Open — still the registered owner of record |
Every filing
No FAA registry change, filing, or document is on file for this airframe yet.
Attribution
RegistrantUSDA FOREST SERVICE FEPP · FAA record
Operated forCAL FIRE S-2T Airtanker · travel pattern · registry confirmed
Attribution reflects public context; registration records show registrants, not passengers.
Built from JetSweep’s retained FAA registry snapshots, sourced from FAA Registry N438DF (snapshot Sep 24, 2026). Dates shown are FAA recording and snapshot dates — the day a filing was indexed or a difference was first observed, not necessarily the day the underlying transaction happened. Part 135 rows come from dated workbook retrievals and bound a listing, never date it. We track the aircraft, not who is aboard.
Registration records show registrants, not beneficial owners; FAA recording dates lag transactions. How we source this →