very light jet

N988BC2010 Embraer EMB-500 (Phenom 100 family)

Embraer EMB-500 common Phenom 100-family airframe reference

Registration record

N988BC on the FAA register

Type: 2010 Embraer EMB-500 (Phenom 100 family)
Serial: 50000139
Engines: 2 × Pratt & Whitney Canada PW617F-E
Registered owner: N988BC LLC, Vienna, VA, US
Certificate issued: 2013-01-31
Airworthiness date: 2012-06-28
Registration expires: 2029-01-31
Mode S (hex): ADC8F8
Status: Current as of October 2026
Rough value range: $1.70M to $3.80M

From Radar's listing-based estimates for business jets of similar engine thrust and age.

Overview

N988BC is an Embraer EMB-500 (Phenom 100 family) built in 2010, with serial number 50000139. The FAA names N988BC LLC as the registrant. The EMB-500 family is a very light jet.

Type reference

The supplied type reference lists 2 Pratt & Whitney Canada PW617F-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 SA and the model as EMB-500. The certificate of registration was issued on January 31, 2013. The current record gives an airworthiness date of June 28, 2012. 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 1998 Cessna 172R, with that registration cancelled on April 18, 2007. This earlier use concerns another aircraft, not this Embraer airframe.

Representative baseline Phenom 100 cabin looking aft at four club chairs and closed lavatory door; actual interiors vary.

Registry history

2007-04-18
Earlier use of the number: N988BC was assigned to another aircraft, a 1998 Cessna 172R. That registration was cancelled on this date.
2012-06-28
Airworthiness date on the current FAA record (standard category).
2013-01-31
Certificate of registration issued as N988BC.

The type's specs, cabin and price by year: Embraer EMB-500 (Phenom 100 family).