N551BC

This airframe, registered as N551BC, is a Cessna 550 Citation II built in 1979 with serial number 550-0242. The airframe is recorded as owned by RADAR RIDER LLC, a corporation based in Kissimmee, FL, US, and carries a US registration. The airframe’s documented history for this specific airframe centers on that corporate ownership; no other operators or registries are listed in the supplied data. Condition and valuation details are not published in the provided dataset.

The aircraft is fitted in an executive eight-place cabin described in the listing as four single forward seats, a forward refreshment center, and an aft three-place divan, yielding a typical executive interior optimized for short to mid‑range business missions. Avionics and systems reported per listing include a dual Garmin G700TXi flight display fit, dual Garmin GTN-750Xi navigators, a Garmin GWX-75 weather radar and a Sperry SPZ-500 autopilot, supporting IFR cross-country and regional charter operations. With a nearly 2,000 nm range and a cruise around 369 ktas, typical missions would include coast‑to‑coast and regional business flights with high-altitude cruise capability to FL430. Maintenance considerations for this airframe follow those of late‑1970s Citation IIs, with attention to the JT15D-4 engines and legacy systems while integrating the listed Garmin avionics suite.

The Cessna 550 Citation II occupies the light-to‑lower‑midsize business jet niche, offering relatively high cruise speed and a service ceiling of 43,000 ft for its era. Competitors historically include late models of the Learjet 35/36 and early Dassault Falcon 10 examples, with buyer demand driven by economical operating costs and short-field capability. Resale and maintenance considerations for this airframe hinge on airframe age (1979 vintage), hours and cycles on the JT15D-4 engines, and the value added by modern avionics such as the dual Garmin G700TXi/GTN-750Xi fit noted in the listing.