N478QSEmbraer EMB-505
Safety record in brief:No NTSB accidents or incidents since 19825 ADs may apply4 service difficulty reports
Registration
FAA Aircraft Registry · Oct 20, 2026- Registered owner
- Co-owners
- Certificate issued
- Mar 4, 2025
- Expires
- Mar 31, 2032
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
- Embraer
- Model
- EMB-505
- Serial number
- 50500802
- Aircraft type
- Fixed wing multi engine
- Category
- Land
- Certification
- Type Certificated
- Seats
- 8
- Engines
- 2
- Max takeoff weight
- 12,500 - 19,999 lb
- Mode S code
- A5E041
Engine
- Type
- Turbo-fan
Total time and engine hours aren't public. They appear here once the owner adds logbooks.
Ownership history
Ownership history from FAA records- 2025 – nowCo-ownerscurrent
- 2009Nji Sales INCOklahoma City, OK · different airframe: 2008 Gulfstream Giv-X (G450) S/N 4133
Individual owners are shown by city and state only.
Safety record
NTSB · Oct 15, 2026 · FAA ADs · Oct 20, 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 (5)
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-05 | Autopilot Main Servo | Mar 31, 2026 | Airframe (EMB-505)Certain serial numbers: EMB-505 50500004–50500012; EMB-505 50500014; EMB-505 50500016–50500665; EMB-505 50500667–50500779 |
| 2022-05-12 | Elevator Structure; 5540, Rudder Structure; and 5751, Ailerons | Apr 13, 2022 | Airframe (EMB-505) |
| 2021-24-21 | Operations | Jan 25, 2022 | Airframe (EMB-505)Only with: EMB-500 with PW617F-E or PW617F1-E engines installed, or EMB-505 with PW535E engines installed. |
| 2016-22-02 | Equipment/ Furnishing | Dec 1, 2016 | Airframe (EMB-505)Serial numbers per Embraer S.A. SB No. 500-25-0016 and SB No. 505-25-0020, dated December 8, 2015. Only with: Applies to passenger seats installed at manufacture; seats replaced during routine maintenance are not affected. |
| 2014-19-01 | Landing Gear | Oct 22, 2014 | Airframe (EMB-505)Only with: Equipped with brake assembly P/N DAP00097-01 or P/N DAP00097-02. |
AI-extracted — verify against original. Matched from each AD's applicability section; ADs replaced by a later AD are left out.
Service Difficulty Reports (4)
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.
- Electrical power · starter gen · faultyJan 24, 2026
WHILE IN CRUISE A GEN 1 OFF CAS APPEARED. WHILE STARTING TO WORK THROUGH QRH, STARTED GETTING A RAPIDLY CHANGING LIST OF CAS MESSAGES & ERRONEOUS INDICATIONS SUCH AS FLUCTUATING ROLL TRIM SETTINGS EVEN THOUGH ACTUAL TRIM FELT THE SAME. OTHER MESSAGES INCLUDED A TRIM & FLAP FAIL WITH YELLOW X OVER…
From FAA Service Difficulty Reports; matched by N-number and serial number. - Electrical power · distribution box · failedAug 16, 2025
IN FLIGHT AFTER A BRIEF LEVEL OFF LEVEL OFF AT 13000 FT, SHORTLY AFTER RESUMING A CLIMB. THE MFD & PFD2 WENT BLACK & A RED ELEC EMERGENCY CAS ILLUMINATED ON PFD1. ELEC EMER QRC & QRH RAN. BOTH GENERATORS WERE ABLE TO BE RESTORED. AFTER POWER RESTORATION, PTRM NRM FAIL & SWPS FAIL WERE ILLUMINATED…
From FAA Service Difficulty Reports; matched by N-number and serial number. - Electrical power · starter gen · failedAug 3, 2025
ON FIRST LEG OF THE DAY, DURING DECENT GEN 1 OFF BUS CAS MESSAGE DISPLAYED. RAN APPROPRIATE QRH AND MESSAGE CLEARED. MESSAGE RETURNED TWO OTHER TIMES THROUGHOUT THE DAY CLEARING ALL TIMES AFTER RUNNING CHECKLIST. ON CLIMB OUT ON LAST LEG ELEC EMER RED CAS MESSAGE DISPLAYED. RAN APPROPRIATE QRC AND…
From FAA Service Difficulty Reports; matched by N-number and serial number.
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- Lights · battery · defectiveJun 7, 2025
WHEN EMER LIGHT SWITCH IS IN THE ARM POSITION, THE EMERGENCY LIGHTS FLASH LIKE A DISCO PARTY IN THE CABIN. REPLACED BATTERIES. OPS CHECK GOOD. IAW AMM: 20-13-21-720-801-A/200, 20-13-21-910-802-A/200, 33-52-01-710-801-A/500
From FAA Service Difficulty Reports; matched by N-number and serial number.
Sources
- FAA Aircraft RegistryRegistration, owner city and state, airframe, engineupdated Oct 20, 2026
- NTSB accident and incident databaseAccidents and incidents since 1982updated Oct 15, 2026
- FAA Airworthiness Directives (Federal Register)ADs published since 1998updated Oct 20, 2026
- FAA Service Difficulty ReportsReports since 1995updated Oct 16, 2026