# N97VB: not currently registered

- Registered now: No (not in the FAA registry file). The mark may be reserved or free to assign
- Earlier aircraft: 1
- Last cancelled: September 15, 2016
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=97VB
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N97VB

## Aircraft that carried N97VB

- [Cancelled 2016-09-15](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N97VB-2016-09-15): Aero Commander 500 S, S/N 3233, built 1975. Registration expired, pending cancellation. Owner: [Clair Aero Inc](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/CLAIR%20AERO%20INC), [St Thomas, VI](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/VI/St%20Thomas)

## NTSB investigations on N97VB (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 ANC05FA038](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC05FA038), Feb 28, 2005: Aero Commander 500-S (N97VB), San Juan, PR, destroyed. Probable cause: The fuel truck operator's improper refueling of a gasoline engine powered airplane with jet (turbine) fuel, and the pilot's inadequate preflight, which resulted in a loss of power in both engines and…

## FAA accident and incident reports on N97VB (2)

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 20050228005979A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050228005979A), Feb 28, 2005: Gulstm 500S (N97VB), San Juan, Puerto Rico, Destroyed. (-23) On February 28, 2005, aircraft 97VB, commander 500S type aircraft, departed from lmm international airport, San Juan, PR to the island of virgin gorda.…
- [Incident 20001025019369I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20001025019369I), Oct 25, 2000: Gulstm 500S (N97VB), Virgin Gorda, U.S. Virgin Islands, Minor damage. (-23) During landing atr Virgin Gorda Airport and during the landing roll the unsafe landing gear horn sounded and the belly of the a/c touched the ground.…

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