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Embraer Legacy 450/500 and Praetor 500/600

2 models built 2014–present · 323 on the US register today

The Embraer Legacy 450 (EMB-545) and Legacy 500 (EMB-550), midsize jets built since 2014 with full fly-by-wire sidestick controls — the first in their class — and a flat-floor stand-up cabin. From 2019 they became the Praetor 500 and Praetor 600, recorded on the certificates as modified EMB-545 and EMB-550.

The variants

MODELYEARSACTIVETAILFAX SCOREWHAT CHANGED
EMB-5452014–present170Partial 19.1/30Legacy 450 / Praetor 500
EMB-5502014–2020153—Legacy 500 / Praetor 600
Family fleet, active
323
FAA registry
NTSB events / 1,000, 10 yrs
6.2
2 events over 323 active aircraft, pooled across the family

Data as of: FAA registry Sep 28 · NTSB Oct 2 · scores Sep 30

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