N4QS1968 Aero Commander 500 S
Safety record in brief:No NTSB accidents or incidents since 1982No ADs since 1998 matched2 service difficulty reports
Registration
FAA Aircraft Registry · Oct 18, 2026- Registered owner
- Ponderosa Aviation LLC
- Owner type
- LLC
- City, state
- Safford, AZ
- Certificate issued
- May 14, 2026
- Expires
- May 31, 2033
- Airworthiness
- Standard · Normal, Utility
- Airworthiness date
- Oct 2, 1968
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 S
- Year
- 1968
- Serial number
- 1755-1
- 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
- A4A95E
Engine
- Make and model
- Lycoming Ti0-540 Ser
- Type
- Reciprocating
- Power
- 310 hp
Total time and engine hours aren't public. They appear here once the owner adds logbooks.
Ownership history
Ownership history from FAA records- 2026 – nowPonderosa Aviation LLCSafford, AZ · 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.
AI-extracted — verify against original. Matched from each AD's applicability section; ADs replaced by a later AD are left out.
Service Difficulty Reports (2)
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.
- Reciprocating engine · piston · burnedJul 2, 2008
WHILE FLYING A FIRE MISSION IN SUPPORT OF USFS, THE PILOT NOTICED THE RT ENG OIL PRESSURE FLOWLY STARTING TO DECREASE. THE DECISION WAS MADE TO RETURN TO THE AIRPORT. AS OIL PRESSURE CONTINUED TO DECREASE, THE DECISION WAS MADE TO SHUTDOWN, FEATHER, AND SECURE THE ENG. A SAFE LANDING WAS…
From FAA Service Difficulty Reports; matched by N-number and serial number. - Landing gear · tire · failedAug 26, 1998
TIRE DEVELOPED SEVERE CORD SEPARATION, PRODUCED A BUBBLE ON OUTSIDE OF TIRE, AND HAD AIR BETWEEN THE PLYS.
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