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N8498C

Aero Commander 500

N8498C is an Aero Commander 500, a fixed-wing airplane with more than one motor with a piston engine, built in 1960. It has 7 seats. It is registered to Air Margarita, a corporation in San Juan, Puerto Rico. The registration is valid: it was issued on March 26, 2012 and expires on March 31, 2028. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate, dated December 30, 1959.

Aircraft

Maker
Aero Commander
Model
500
Serial number
848
Type
Fixed-wing, multi-engine
Power
Piston (reciprocating), 2 motors · Lycoming 0-540 SERIES · 250 hp
Seats
7
Year built
1960
Cruising speed
163 mph
Transponder code
ABA4BB (octal 52722273)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
March 26, 2012
Expires
March 31, 2028
Last FAA action
April 28, 2023
Airworthiness
Standard · December 30, 1959
FAA region
Southern
FAA record id
00112831

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Air Margarita
Type
Corporation
Address
559 Calle Cuevillas Apt 2A
San Juan, PR 00907-2526

Owners can ask the FAA to withhold their name and address from public files. When they do, those fields are blank here as well. How that works.

Documents on file 0

No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.

Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, September 25, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data