# N9379R: 1960 Aero Commander 500-A, registration cancelled 2013-05-22

- Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft)
- Cancelled: May 22, 2013
- Status when cancelled: Registration expired, pending cancellation
- Airframe: [Aero Commander 500-A](https://openairdocs.org/model/aero-commander-500-a) (registry code 0141104)
- Engine: [Continental I0-470 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (registry code 17027)
- Data sheets: [TCDS 6A1](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/6A1) (OpenAirDocs)
- Serial number: 500A-897-6
- Year built: 1960
- Type of aircraft: Fixed wing multi engine
- Engine type: Reciprocating
- Airworthiness: Standard
- Airworthiness date: June 18, 1960
- Certificate issued: October 9, 1992
- Last registry action: October 2, 1998
- Mode S code: AD034D
- Owners when cancelled: [Raff Aviation Inc](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/RAFF%20AVIATION%20INC), [Commander Transport Div](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/COMMANDER%20TRANSPORT%20DIV)
- Location: [Wilmington, DE](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/DE/Wilmington)
- Owner type: Corporation
- Owner's area on the map: 39.7550° N, 75.5265° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 19802, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based
- The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9379R
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=9379R
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9379R-2013-05-22

From the FAA registry file of October 31, 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-A: https://openairdocs.org/model/aero-commander-500-a.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 NYC94FA040](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC94FA040), Dec 16, 1993: Aero Commander 500A (N9379R), White Mills, PA, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: was the fracture and separation of the airplane wing, and the subsequent loss of control and collision with trees, as a result of the pilot's repeated performance of acrobatic maneuvers, which…

## FAA accident and incident reports (1)

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 19931216047309A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19931216047309A), Dec 16, 1993: Gulstm 500A (N9379R), White Mills, PA, Destroyed, 2 fatal. Rolled the normal catagory aircraft low altitude. Exceeded loads. Came apart. Was warned no aerobatics in type.

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