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Aero Commander 500 S · 1969 · Safford, AZ
N17DL is a 1969 Aero Commander 500 S (serial 1866-42), registered to Ponderosa Aviation LLC (LLC) in Safford, AZ. Its FAA registration is recorded as v and expires May 2033; the airworthiness certificate dates from June 1969 (57 years ago). It carries 2 Lycoming TI0-540 SER engines rated at 310 hp each (620 hp total), the engine on 77% of registered Aero Commander 500 Ss. Its Mode-S transponder broadcasts the ICAO 24-bit address A1172A. It is one of 45 Aero Commander 500 S aircraft on the FAA registry. Ponderosa Aviation LLC holds 23 aircraft on the registry.
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33 of the 43 registered Aero Commander 500 S carry this engine (77%), across 4 engine variants on the type.
Source: FAA engine reference (ENGINE.txt), matched on this registration's engine code.
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