Aero Commander 500
N711NE is an Aero Commander 500, a fixed-wing airplane with more than one motor with a piston engine, built in 1958. It has 7 seats. It is registered to Commander Flight Group LLC, an LLC in Charlotte, North Carolina. The registration is valid: it was issued on March 8, 2021 and expires on March 31, 2028. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate, dated April 13, 1959.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Aero Commander
- Model
- 500 · all 500s 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
- 667
- 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 · Lycoming 0-540 SERIES · 250 hp
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas
- Seats
- 7
- Year built
- 1958
- Cruising speed
- 163 mph
- Transponder code
- A980F5 (octal 52300365)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- March 8, 2021
- Expires
- March 31, 2028
- Last FAA action
- April 28, 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 · April 13, 1959
- FAA region
- EasternFAA region code 1 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00050997
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Commander Flight Group LLC
- Type
- LLCFAA type of owner code 7 (who holds the registration: a person, a company, a trust or a government body). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Address
- 5230 Plantation Ridge Rd
Charlotte, NC 28214-8597
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Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
Connections how N711NE 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
- Lycoming O-540 series 5,245 aircraft with this engine series · 250 hp
- Commander Flight Group LLC 1 aircraft registered to this organisation
- Charlotte, NC 341 aircraft registered in this town
- Charlotte/Douglas International · CLT
- North Carolina 7,130 aircraft registered
- FAA orders naming the Aero Commander 500 1 airworthiness directives
- Approved modifications for the Aero Commander 500 11 supplemental type certificates
- FAA orders naming the Lycoming O-540 series 29 airworthiness directives
- Failure reports on the Lycoming O-540 series 304 reports since 1995
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The public federal record on N711NE, 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 Commander Flight Group LLC, an LLC, certificate issued March 8, 2021, expires March 31, 2028. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate, dated April 13, 1959, consistent with the 1958 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 667 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N711NE according to the deregistered file. [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 N711NE: Accident on June 4, 1999 at Effingham, IL: 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 · operated under 091
inadvertent wheels-up landing and the checklist not followed by the pilot. The landing gear lever not engaged was an additional cause.
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
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Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, November 12, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data