N415BH1960 Aero Commander 500-B
Safety record in brief:No NTSB accidents or incidents since 1982No ADs since 1998 matched3 service difficulty reports
Registration
FAA Aircraft Registry · Oct 18, 2026- Registered owner
- Central Airlines INC
- Owner type
- Corporation
- City, state
- Leawood, KS
- Certificate issued
- Mar 5, 1981
- Expires
- Jan 31, 2030
- Airworthiness
- Standard
- Airworthiness date
- Aug 31, 1960
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
- Aero Commander
- Model
- 500-B
- Year
- 1960
- Serial number
- 500B-918-5
- Aircraft type
- Fixed wing multi engine
- Category
- Land
- Certification
- Type Certificated
- Seats
- 7
- Engines
- 2
- Max takeoff weight
- Up to 12,499 lb
- Mode S code
- A4E6D4
Engine
- Make and model
- Lycoming 0-540 Series
- Type
- Reciprocating
- Power
- 250 hp
Total time and engine hours aren't public. They appear here once the owner adds logbooks.
Ownership history
Ownership history from FAA records- 1981 – nowCentral Airlines INCLeawood, KS · current
Individual owners are shown by city and state only.
Safety record
NTSB · Oct 15, 2026 · FAA ADs · Oct 18, 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 (0)
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.
No ADs published since 1998 matched this airframe or engine model.
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Service Difficulty Reports (3)
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.
- Landing gear · shaft · wornFeb 17, 2010
AFTER LOWERING THE LANDING GEAR THERE WAS NO NOSE GEAR GREEN DOWN AND LOCKED LOCATION. THE PILOT DID A FLY-BY AND THE TOWER THOUGHT ALL 3 GEAR LOOKED DOWN. AFTER LANDING AND CLEARING THE RUNWAY THE NOSE GEAR RETRACTED CAUSING THE NOSE TO SKID ON THE GROUND. IN DOING SO THE NOSE GEAR DOORS…
From FAA Service Difficulty Reports; matched by N-number and serial number. - Landing gear · shaft · wornFeb 17, 2010
AFTER LOWERING THE LANDING GEAR THERE WAS NO NOSE GEAR GREEN DOWN AND LOCKED LOCATION. THE PILOT DID A FLY-BY AND THE TOWER THOUGHT ALL 3 GEAR LOOKED DOWN. AFTER LANDING AND CLEARING THE RUNWAY THE NOSE GEAR RETRACTED CAUSING THE NOSE TO SKID ON THE GROUND. IN DOING SO THE NOSE GEAR DOORS…
From FAA Service Difficulty Reports; matched by N-number and serial number. - Landing gear · shaft · wornFeb 16, 2010
AFTER LOWERING THE LANDING GEAR, THE NOSE GEAR LIGHT DID NOT COME ON. A FLY BY WAS DONE AND THE TOWER THOUGHT THE GEAR LOOKED DOWN. THE ACFT LANDED NORMALLY BUT WHEN TAXIING OFF THE RUNWAY THE NOSE GEAR RETRACTED CAUSING THE NOSE TO SKID ON THE GROUND. THIS CAUSED THE NOSE GEAR TO ENTANGLE IN THE…
From FAA Service Difficulty Reports; matched by N-number and serial number.
Sources
- FAA Aircraft RegistryRegistration, owner city and state, airframe, engineupdated Oct 18, 2026
- NTSB accident and incident databaseAccidents and incidents since 1982updated Oct 15, 2026
- FAA Airworthiness Directives (Federal Register)ADs published since 1998updated Oct 18, 2026
- FAA Service Difficulty ReportsReports since 1995updated Oct 16, 2026