N550DS1988 Cessna S550
Safety record in brief:No NTSB accidents or incidents since 19824 ADs may apply1 service difficulty report
Registration
FAA Aircraft Registry · Oct 17, 2026- Registered owner
- Metro Aviation INC
- Owner type
- Corporation
- City, state
- Shreveport, LA
- Certificate issued
- Aug 9, 2023
- Expires
- Aug 31, 2030
- Airworthiness
- Standard · Transport
- Airworthiness date
- Dec 17, 1997
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
- S550
- Year
- 1988
- Serial number
- S550-0154
- 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
- A6FFC7
Engine
- Make and model
- P&W Canada Jt15d-4
- Type
- Turbo-fan
- Power
- 2,500 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 – nowMetro Aviation INCShreveport, LA · current
- until 1989Individual ownerdifferent airframe: Boeing 720-024b S/N 18417
Individual owners are shown by city and state only.
Safety record
NTSB · Oct 15, 2026 · FAA ADs · Oct 17, 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 (4)
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 (S550)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 (S550)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 (S550)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 (S550)Certain serial numbers: 500 0001–0689; 501 0001–0689; S550 0001–0160; 550 0002–0733; 551 0002–0733; 550 0801–1075; … |
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.
- Engine · stator · crackedSep 5, 2002
AT HOT SECTION INSPECTION THE HT STATOR WAS FOUND TO HAVE AXIAL CRACKS IN SEVERAL PLACES IN THE INNER SHROUD RUNNING FROM THE TRAILING EDGE FORWARD TO 1/2IN. FROM INNER LUGS. AT ONE CRACK THE INNER SHROUD TRAILING EDGE LIFTED UP ENOUGH TO MAKE CONTACT WITH THE HT DISK FRONT FACE IN THE FIR TREE…
From FAA Service Difficulty Reports; matched by N-number and serial number.
Sources
- FAA Aircraft RegistryRegistration, owner city and state, airframe, engineupdated Oct 17, 2026
- NTSB accident and incident databaseAccidents and incidents since 1982updated Oct 15, 2026
- FAA Airworthiness Directives (Federal Register)ADs published since 1998updated Oct 17, 2026
- FAA Service Difficulty ReportsReports since 1995updated Oct 16, 2026