# N487: Aero Commander 520, registration cancelled 1965-08-09

- Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft)
- Cancelled: August 9, 1965
- Status when cancelled: Valid registration
- Airframe: [Aero Commander 520](https://openairdocs.org/model/aero-commander-520) (registry code 0141202)
- Data sheets: [TCDS 6A1](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/6A1) (OpenAirDocs)
- Serial number: 104
- Type of aircraft: Fixed wing multi engine
- Certificate issued: March 23, 1959
- Mode S code: A60299
- Owner when cancelled: [Hopkins  A S](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/HOPKINS%20%20A%20S)
- Location: [Fairbanks, AK](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/AK/Fairbanks)
- Owner type: Individual
- Owner's area on the map: 67.3758° N, 149.7280° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 99701, within about 13 miles (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based
- The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N487
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=487
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N487-1965-08-09

From the FAA registry file of October 29, 2026, cancelled registrations. Owners' street addresses are left out. The Mode S code belongs to the N-number, not the airframe.

ADs and bulletins for the Aero Commander 520: https://openairdocs.org/model/aero-commander-520.md

## NTSB investigations (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 ANC65A0056](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC65A0056), Jun 19, 1965: Aero Comdr 520 (N487), Annette Is., AK, destroyed, 3 fatal

## Other aircraft with N487

- [Cancelled 2013-07-30](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N487-2013-07-30): Jones Steven D CHALLENGER II, S/N CH20194-1077, built 1995. Sale reported, canceled. Owner: [Niles, OH](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/OH/Niles)
- [Cancelled (date not recorded)](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N487-undated): Unknown UNKNOWN, S/N DA-3. Owner: [U S Department Of Agriculture](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/U%20S%20DEPARTMENT%20OF%20AGRICULTURE), [Tallulah, LA](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/LA/Tallulah)

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