Twin piston

N131JT

1964 Aero Commander 500B

Registered No accidents on file
Built
1964
Serial
1468-166
Class
Twin piston
Engines
2 × Lycoming IO-540 series
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registered owner
Central Airlines Inc (Corporation)
Based
Overland Park, KS
Registration record

N131JT on the FAA register

Type
1964 Aero Commander 500B (FAA: Aero Commander 500-B)
Serial
1468-166
Engines
2 × Lycoming IO-540 series
Registered owner
Central Airlines Inc
Overland Park, KS
Certificate issued
1997-07-18
Airworthiness date
1997-09-18
Registration expires
2027-10-31
Airworthiness class
Standard · normal
Mode S (hex)
A07FC2
Mode S (octal)
50077702
Seats (type)
7
Weight class
up to 12,499 lb
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registry history

Timeline

  • 2027-10-31
    Registration expires (renewal due).
  • 2013-06-04
    N131JT previously assigned to a Homebuilt VP-1 (s/n V 1583 (1902)); cancelled.
  • 1997-09-18
    Airworthiness date on the current FAA record (standard category (normal)).
  • 1997-07-18
    Certificate of registration issued as N131JT to the current registrant.
  • 1964
    Manufactured (1964).
Overview

About N131JT

N131JT is a 1964 Aero Commander 500B (FAA model 500-B), serial number 1468-166. The FAA register lists Central Airlines Inc as the registrant in Overland Park, Kansas. The current certificate of registration was issued on July 18, 1997 and expires on October 31, 2027.

The FAA aircraft reference file describes the type as a twin piston, two Lycoming IO-540 series engines and 7 seats. Its airworthiness certificate is standard category (normal), dated September 18, 1997.

No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices are on file for this airframe as N131JT. 1 earlier record involves a different aircraft that carried the same N-number.

Safety record

Accident & incident history

1988-10-08 Accident · Coldwater, MI Damage: Substantial Fatal injury NTSB · CHI89DET01
Reported aircraft: Volksplane VP-1 — a different aircraft that carried the N131JT registration before this airframe.
Probable cause: A STALL WITH ENTRY INTO THE INCIPIENT STAGE OF A SPIN WITH INSUFFICIENT ALTITUDE FOR RECOVERY.

Sources: NTSB aviation accident database and CAROL case system, FAA preliminary accident & incident notices. Search accident records

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Data: FAA Aircraft Registry (October 2026), including deregistered aircraft; NTSB and FAA accident data; fyiAero listing history. Individual owners' names are shown to signed-in users and street addresses are never shown. Type figures are published specifications, not this aircraft's.