# N917GT: Aero Commander 500-B, registration cancelled 2020-10-07

- Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft)
- Cancelled: October 7, 2020
- Status when cancelled: Valid registration
- Airframe: [Aero Commander 500-B](https://openairdocs.org/model/aero-commander-500-b) (registry code 0141106)
- Data sheets: [TCDS 6A1](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/6A1) (OpenAirDocs)
- Serial number: 500B-1137-77
- Type of aircraft: Fixed wing multi engine
- Airworthiness: Standard, normal
- Airworthiness date: May 17, 1979
- Certificate issued: July 2, 1979
- Last registry action: June 10, 2020
- Mode S code: ACB154
- Owner when cancelled: [Central Airlines Inc](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/CENTRAL%20AIRLINES%20INC)
- Location: [Fairway, KS](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/KS/Fairway)
- Owner type: Corporation
- Owner's area on the map: 39.0312° N, 94.6307° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 66205, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based
- The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N917GT
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=917GT
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N917GT-2020-10-07

From the FAA registry file of November 3, 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 500-B: https://openairdocs.org/model/aero-commander-500-b.md

## Service difficulty reports (2)

Matched to this aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model.

- [SDR 20001117SH004](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/20001117SH004), Oct 17, 2000: COIL. OPEN. PILOT REPORTED LEFT MAGNETO, LEFT ENGINE, INOPERATIVE. ON PREFLIGHT MAGNETO CHECK, REVEALED COIL WIRE BROKEN AT SPADED CONNECTOR TO MAIN CONTACTS. FACTORY OVERH
- [SDR 20001031SH005](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/20001031SH005), Oct 10, 2000: CYLINDER. DISLODGED. NR 2 CYLINDER DISLODGED FROM CRANKCASE. ROD CAP FROM NR 2 ROD CAME OFF ROD BOLT, PN SL74644, AT LEAST ONE WAS FOUND BROKEN. THE OTHER BOLT WAS NOT FOUND. (X)

## 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 CEN14LA065](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN14LA065), Oct 31, 2013: Aero Commander 500 - B (N917GT), Lubbock, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to complete a landing checklist and extend the landing gear, which resulted in a gear-up landing. Contributing to the accident was the pilot's diverted attention to the weather…

## FAA accident and incident reports (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 20131030021729A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20131030021729A), Oct 30, 2013: Aero Commander 500-B (N917GT), Lubbock, TX, Substantial damage. On October 30, 2013, at 2140 CDT, an Aero Commander 500-B, bearing registration number N917GT, registered to central air southwest inc, landed on runway 35L at…
- [Incident 19940401011359I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940401011359I), Apr 1, 1994: Gulstm 500B (N917GT), Wichita, KS, Minor damage. Aircraft struck left wingtip of parked aircraft while taxiing to paking area in a dark ramp.

## Other aircraft with N917GT

- [Registered now](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N917GT): Aero Commander 500-B, S/N 500B-983-24, built 1960

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