N393PJ1980 Cessna 501
Safety record in brief:No NTSB accidents or incidents since 19827 ADs may apply1 service difficulty report
Registration
FAA Aircraft Registry · Oct 19, 2026- Registered owner
- Thunder Wings Aircraft Sales LLC
- Owner type
- LLC
- City, state
- Bethany, OK
- Certificate issued
- Oct 24, 2023
- Expires
- Oct 31, 2030
- Airworthiness
- Standard · Normal
- Airworthiness date
- Dec 14, 2001
We never show street addresses, even though they appear in the public FAA file. Individual owners are shown by city and state only.
Airframe & engine
FAA Registry + type dataAirframe
- Manufacturer
- Cessna
- Model
- 501
- Year
- 1980
- Serial number
- 501-0303
- Aircraft type
- Fixed wing multi engine
- Category
- Land
- Certification
- Type Certificated
- Seats
- 8
- Engines
- 2
- Max takeoff weight
- Up to 12,499 lb
- Mode S code
- A48F3C
Engine
- Make and model
- P&W Canada Jt15d-1a
- Type
- Turbo-fan
- Power
- 2,200 lb thrust
Total time and engine hours aren't public. They appear here once the owner adds logbooks.
Ownership history
Ownership history from FAA records- 2023 – nowThunder Wings Aircraft Sales LLCBethany, OK · current
Individual owners are shown by city and state only.
Safety record
NTSB · Oct 15, 2026 · FAA ADs · Oct 19, 2026 · SDRs · Oct 16, 2026NTSB events (0)
No NTSB accidents or incidents found for this airframe since 1982.
Accident history for this modelADs published since 1998 that may apply (7)
These match the airframe or engine model. Whether each one applies, and whether it's been complied with, depends on serial numbers, equipment and logbook entries. Applicability must be confirmed by a mechanic against the aircraft's records.
| AD | Subject | Effective | Applies to |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015-17-12 | Air Conditioning | Sep 29, 2015 | Airframe (501)Certain serial numbers: 500 0001–0689; 501 0001–0689; 550 0002–0733; 550 0801–1136; 551 0002–0733; 551 0801–1136; …. Only with: Air conditioning system installed via Cessna STC SA3849SW, SA7580SW, SA7753SW, or SA8918SW. |
| 2013-09-11 | Air Conditioning | Jul 5, 2013 | Airframe (501)Certain serial numbers: 500 0001–0689; 501 0001–0689; 550 0002–0733; 550 0801–1136; 551 0002–0733; 551 0801–1136; … |
| 2007-11-17 | Cessna Model 500, 501, 550, 551, S550, 560, 560XL, and 750 Airplanes | Jul 6, 2007 | Airframe (501)Serial numbers per Cessna Service Bulletins SB500-26-02, SB550-26-05, SB560-26-01, SB560XL-26-02, SB750-26-05, SBS550-26-02 (Table 1 of this AD) |
| 2006-06-03 | Cessna Model 500, 501, 550, S550, 551, and 560 Airplanes | Apr 20, 2006 | Airframe (501)Certain serial numbers: 500 0001–0689; 501 0001–0689; S550 0001–0160; 550 0002–0733; 551 0002–0733; 550 0801–1075; … |
| 2004-09-05 | Cessna Model 500, 501, 550, and 551 Airplanes | Jun 2, 2004 | Airframe (501)Certain serial numbers: 500 0001–0689; 501 0001–0689; 550 0002–0733; 551 0002–0733. Only with: Equipped with BFGoodrich brake assembly P/N 2-1528-6 or 2-1530-4. |
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| AD | Subject | Effective | Applies to |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2004-04-09 | Pratt & Whitney Canada JT15D-1, -1A, and -1B Turbofan Engines | Apr 5, 2004 | Engine (JT15D-1A)Only with: Engines with certain impellers, P/N 3020365, installed. |
| 98-04-38 | Cessna Model 500, 501, 550, 551, and 560 Series Airplanes | Mar 25, 1998 | Airframe (501)Only with: Equipped with pneumatic deicing boots. |
AI-extracted — verify against original. Matched from each AD's applicability section; ADs replaced by a later AD are left out.
Service Difficulty Reports (1)
Reports of failures and defects that operators and repair stations sent to the FAA since 1995. A report describes one finding; it is not an accident.
- Navigation · gyro · erraticJan 10, 2023
SHORTLY AFTER TAKE OFF FROM PWA .DURING CLIMB OUT THE CREW NOTICED THAT THE PILOTS HSI WOULD NOT ERECT AND DEICIDED TO TO RETURN TO PWA TO HAVE MAINTENANCE . AFTER MAINTENANCE ARRIVED IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE HSI HAD FAUILED
From FAA Service Difficulty Reports; matched by N-number and serial number.
Sources
- FAA Aircraft RegistryRegistration, owner city and state, airframe, engineupdated Oct 19, 2026
- NTSB accident and incident databaseAccidents and incidents since 1982updated Oct 15, 2026
- FAA Airworthiness Directives (Federal Register)ADs published since 1998updated Oct 19, 2026
- FAA Service Difficulty ReportsReports since 1995updated Oct 16, 2026