very light jet
N255AM2020 Embraer EMB-500 (Phenom 100 family)
Registration record
N255AM on the FAA register
- Type
- 2020 Embraer EMB-500 (Phenom 100 family)
- Serial
- 50000421
- Engines
- 2 × Pratt & Whitney Canada PW617F1-E
- Registered owner
- Preferred Aviation LLC, Fayetteville, AR, US
- Certificate issued
- 2024-03-01
- Airworthiness date
- 2020-09-22
- Registration expires
- 2031-03-31
- Mode S (hex)
- A26A1D
- Status
- Current as of October 2026
- Rough value range
- $3.80M to $8.60M
From Radar's listing-based estimates for business jets of similar engine thrust and age.
Overview
N255AM is an Embraer EMB-500 (Phenom 100 family) built in 2020, with serial number 50000421. The FAA names Preferred Aviation LLC as the registrant. The EMB-500 family is a very light jet.
Type reference
The supplied type reference lists 2 Pratt & Whitney Canada PW617F1-E engines. These type facts do not establish the equipment or cabin completion installed on this individual aircraft.
Registration record
The FAA lists the make as EMBRAER EXECUTIVE AIRCRAFT INC and the model as EMB-500. The certificate of registration was issued on March 1, 2024. The current record gives an airworthiness date of September 22, 2020. Its type certificate reference is EASA.IM.A.157 issue09, EMB-500. The FAA record does not mark this registration as fractional ownership. The number was previously used by a 1978 Cessna 172N, with that registration cancelled on January 9, 2012. This earlier use concerns another aircraft, not this Embraer airframe.
Data: Radar, FAA aircraft registry file of 2026-10-09.
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