# N40GC: Christensen Grant Eric RUFF ONE

- Status: Valid registration
- Airframe: [Christensen Grant Eric RUFF ONE](https://openairdocs.org/model/christensen-grant-eric-ruff-one) (registry code 05607NT, 2 seats)
- Serial number: 001
- Type: Fixed wing single engine
- Engine type: Reciprocating
- Certificate issued: July 25, 2013
- Expires: July 31, 2029
- Mode S code: A4AAE1
- Registered owner: [Christensen Grant E](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/CHRISTENSEN%20GRANT%20E)
- Location: [Santa Maria, CA](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/CA/Santa%20Maria)
- Owner type: Individual
- Owner's area on the map: 34.8483° N, 120.4829° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 93455, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft is based
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=40GC
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N40GC

From the FAA registry file of October 24, 2026. ADs below are matched by the registry's airframe and engine model codes. They may apply; each AD's applicability can narrow it by serial number, part number or installed equipment. This is not a compliance determination.

## ADs that may apply (OpenAirDocs): 0 in force

### Matched by airframe (Christensen Grant Eric RUFF ONE)

None in force.

## Information bulletins (advisory)

None matched.

## NTSB investigations

None matched to N40GC.

## FAA accident and incident reports

None matched to N40GC.

## Reports on N40GC not matched to an aircraft (2)

They name N40GC, but no registry record covers the date, the aircraft registered then was built later, or the report describes another aircraft.

- [Incident 19790821033139I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790821033139I), Aug 21, 1979: Cessna 180 (N40GC), Wellsville, KS, 1 fatal. On first jump parachutist landed in lake and drowned. She was wearing flotation gear but did not activate it.
- [Incident 19780818049099I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780818049099I), Aug 18, 1978: Cessna 180 (N40GC), Xenia, OH. Injury to parachute jumper due to mae west malfunction. Hands and arms overhead tangled in shroud lines.

## Service difficulty reports

None filed for this aircraft. Matched to this aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model.

## STCs that may be installed (OpenAirDocs)

None matched to this aircraft's models.

## Earlier aircraft with N40GC

The FAA can reassign an N-number once a registration is cancelled. These aircraft carried N40GC before.

- [Cancelled (date not recorded)](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N40GC-undated): Cessna 180, S/N 32122. Triennial form not returned

## Related

- Other Christensen Grant Eric RUFF ONE aircraft: https://openairdocs.org/model/christensen-grant-eric-ruff-one/aircraft.md

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