Aero Commander 500-B
N118PW is an Aero Commander 500-B, a fixed-wing airplane with more than one motor with a piston engine, built in 1964. It has 7 seats. It is registered to Central Airlines INC, a corporation in Fairway, Kansas. The registration is valid: it was issued on July 18, 1985 and expires on October 31, 2027. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated December 6, 1989.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Aero Commander
- Model
- 500-B · all 500-Bs and related versions
- Built of
- aluminiumThe airframe is aluminium: sheet metal over a riveted frame, the way most aircraft have been built since the 1940s. This is how the Aero Commander 500 family is built; the FAA does not record construction for each aircraft, and the type certificate data sheet is the authority for this one.
- Serial number
- 1460-163
- Type
- Fixed-wing, multi-engineFAA type of aircraft code 5 (the FAA's broad category for the airframe). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating)FAA type of engine code 1 (what powers it, as the FAA classes engines). Every aircraft with this code · All codes, 2 motors
- Seats
- 7
- Year built
- 1964
- Cruising speed
- 172 mph
- Transponder code
- A04B45 (octal 50045505)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- July 18, 1985
- Expires
- October 31, 2027
- Last FAA action
- March 24, 2023
- Airworthiness
- StandardFAA airworthiness class code 1 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). Every aircraft with this code · All codes · NormalFAA certificate purpose code N (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · December 6, 1989
- FAA region
- CentralFAA region code 3 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00540651
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Central Airlines INC
- Type
- CorporationFAA type of owner code 3 (who holds the registration: a person, a company, a trust or a government body). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Address
- 4002 W 57 St
Fairway, KS 66205
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Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
Earlier use of this number 1
Connections how N118PW links to the rest of the register
- Aero Commander 500 163 registered
- Aero Commander 709 aircraft on the register
- Built of aluminium · as the model family is built; the register does not record it per aircraft
- Central Airlines INC 25 aircraft in the fleet
- Fairway, KS 4 aircraft registered in this town
- Kansas 5,754 aircraft registered
- FAA orders naming the Aero Commander 500 1 airworthiness directives
- Approved modifications for the Aero Commander 500 11 supplemental type certificates
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/aircraft/N118PW.json.
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The public federal record on N118PW, read the way a buyer, lender or insurer reads it: FAA registration, prior tail numbers keyed on the serial number, reuse of the tail number, recent registry filings, and the NTSB accident record under this and every earlier registration.
Valid registration to Central Airlines INC, a corporation, certificate issued July 18, 1985, expires October 31, 2027. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
The airworthiness certificate on file is dated December 6, 1989, 25 years after the 1964 manufacture year. A re-issued certificate commonly follows export and re-import, a rebuild, or a return to the register after cancellation. The cause is documented in the FAA aircraft records file, which the full report obtains. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 1460-163 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N118PW was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Cirrus Design Corp SR22 (serial 4135, cancelled October 20, 2014). Histories keyed to the tail number alone can mix aircraft up; this check keys on the serial number. [2]
No bills of sale, loans or releases have reached the registry in recent weeks. The index covers only recent filings; older liens are in the records file. [3]
1 NTSB record under N118PW: Accident on November 7, 2023 at Jackson, MI: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
These live in the FAA aircraft records file (every document ever filed against the aircraft) and, for larger aircraft, the International Registry. Part of the full report.
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NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Aero Commander 500-B · operated under 091
A loss of engine power to both engines as a result of the pilot’s improper fuel management. Contributing was the inoperative fuel quantity sending unit.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of November 12, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of November 12, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of November 12, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through October 28, 2026. data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search
This automated check reads the public federal record. Nothing here is a legal opinion, an appraisal or a statement about the aircraft's condition; a CLEAR line is a statement about the searched record, not the aircraft.
Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, November 12, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data