# N454LJ: 1996 Learjet 45, registration cancelled 2011-04-08

- Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft)
- Cancelled: April 8, 2011
- Status when cancelled: Assigned, pending cancellation
- Airframe: [Learjet 45](https://openairdocs.org/model/learjet-45) (registry code 5170805)
- Engine: [Alliedsign TFE-731-2B](https://openairdocs.org/engine/alliedsign-tfe-731-2b) (registry code 02502)
- Data sheets: [TCDS T00008WI](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/T00008WI), [TCDS E6WE](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/E6WE) (OpenAirDocs)
- Serial number: 004
- Year built: 1996
- Type of aircraft: Fixed wing multi engine
- Engine type: Turbo-jet
- Airworthiness: Experimental, research and development, showing compliance, crew training
- Airworthiness date: June 9, 1998
- Last registry action: January 10, 1996
- Mode S code: A581FB
- The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N454LJ
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=454LJ
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N454LJ-2011-04-08

From the FAA registry file of October 29, 2026, cancelled registrations. Owners' street addresses are left out. The Mode S code belongs to the N-number, not the airframe.

ADs and bulletins for the Learjet 45: https://openairdocs.org/model/learjet-45.md

## NTSB investigations (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB IAD99FA008](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD99FA008), Oct 27, 1998: Learjet 45 (N454LJ), Wallops Island, VA, destroyed. Probable cause: The failure of the pilot to obtain/maintain alignment with the water pool, which resulted in the loss of control. Factors in the accident were the inadequate preflight planning of the flight test…

## FAA accident and incident reports (1)

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [Accident 19981027034949A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19981027034949A), Oct 27, 1998: Lear 45LEAR (N454LJ), Wallops Island, VA, Destroyed. On October 27, 1998, at 1456 eastern standard time, a Learjet 45 registered in the experimental category, N454LJ, was destroyed after a loss of control during…

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