Multi-engine piston

N500EJ

1943 Douglas C54-D

Registered No accidents on file
Built
1943
Serial
43-17228
Class
Multi-engine piston
Engines
4 × P & W R-2000 series
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registered owner
Berlin Airlift Historial Foundation (Corporation)
Based
Farmingdale, NJ
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Registration record

N500EJ on the FAA register

Type
1943 Douglas C54-D
Serial
43-17228
Engines
4 × P & W R-2000 series
Registered owner
Berlin Airlift Historial Foundation
Farmingdale, NJ
Certificate issued
2021-01-12
Airworthiness date
1983-06-20
Registration expires
2028-01-31
Airworthiness class
Standard · transport
Mode S (hex)
A63A5D
Mode S (octal)
51435135
Seats (type)
60
Weight class
20,000 lb and over
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registry history

Timeline

  • 2028-01-31
    Registration expires (renewal due).
  • 2021-01-12
    Certificate of registration issued as N500EJ to the current registrant.
  • 2020-10-05
    N500EJ previously assigned to a Douglas C54E-DC (s/n 27370); cancelled.
  • 1983-06-20
    Airworthiness date on the current FAA record (standard category (transport)).
  • 1943
    Manufactured (1943).
Overview

About N500EJ

N500EJ is a 1943 Douglas C54-D, serial number 43-17228. The FAA register lists Berlin Airlift Historial Foundation as the registrant in Farmingdale, New Jersey. The current certificate of registration was issued on January 12, 2021 and expires on January 31, 2028.

The FAA aircraft reference file describes the type as a multi-engine piston, four P & W R-2000 series engines and 60 seats. Its airworthiness certificate is standard category (transport), dated June 20, 1983.

No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices are on file for N500EJ.

Safety record

Accident & incident history

✓ No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices on file for N500EJ.

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.