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- AERO COMMANDER 500
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| AERO COMMANDER 500 | |
|---|---|
| What it is | |
| Seats | 7 |
| Landing gear | tricycle |
| Engines | 2 |
| Engine | Lycoming O-540-A1B5 |
| Horsepower | 250 hp |
| Fuel | 100LL |
| Certification basis | CAR3 |
| Production start | 1958 |
| Production end | 1960 |
| Endorsements required | complex;high-performance;multi-engine |
| Performance | |
| Cruise speed | 170 KTAS |
| Range | 850 nm |
| Service ceiling | 17,500 ft |
| Climb rate | 1,200 ft/min |
| Stall speed (Vso) | 63 KCAS |
| Takeoff over 50 ft | 1,900 ft |
| Landing over 50 ft | 1,800 ft |
| Load and fuel | |
| Seats | 7 |
| Useful load | 1,900 lb |
| Full-fuel payload | 964 lb |
| Max takeoff weight | 6,000 lb |
| Empty weight | 4,100 lb |
| Usable fuel | 156 gal |
| Fuel burn at cruise | 28 gal/h |
| Cost of ownership | |
| Price, low | $90,000 |
| Price, high | $230,000 |
| Prices as of | 2026 |
| Engine TBO | 2,000 h |
| Overhaul cost, low | $45,000 |
| Overhaul cost, high | $64,000 |
| The fleet and its record | |
| Registered, all time | 98 |
| Active fleet | 12 |
| Median year built | 1959.0 |
| NTSB events, last 10 years | 0 |
| Fatal events, last 10 years | 0 |
| Events per 1,000 active, last 10 years | — |
| Personal-flying events per 1,000 active | — |
| Ownership transfers, last 24 months | 0 |
| Transfers per 100 active | — |
| Airworthiness directives | 5 |
| Directives, last 5 years | 0 |
| Rate confidence | none |
| Peer scores | |
| Peer class | Fixed wing multi-engine, piston, 2 engines, 7+ seats |
| Accident record1 | — |
| Severity2 | — |
| Access3 | — |
| Support4 | 0.5 of 10 |
| Liquidity5 | — |
| Overall (sum of the categories shown)6 | — |
- Accident record: class median 15.87 · 17 models in class.
- Severity: class median 20.42.
- Access: class median 3,096.5.
- Support: class median 132.5.
- Liquidity: class median 23.08.
- Each of the five categories places the model within its peer class, from 0 (the worst of the class) to 10 (the best): a position among comparable models, not a grade. The overall score is the sum of the categories shown that are scored, out of 10 for each (50 when all five are); it is given only when at least 4 of the five are scored, and it can be set against another model's only when both are in the same peer class and scored on the same categories.