# N55NY: 1981 Gates Learjet 55, registration cancelled 2024-11-04

- Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft)
- Cancelled: November 4, 2024
- Exported to: Mexico
- Status when cancelled: Valid registration
- Airframe: [Gates Learjet 55](https://openairdocs.org/model/gates-learjet-55) (registry code 5170702)
- Engine: [Garrett TFE731 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/garrett-tfe731-series) (registry code 29001)
- Data sheets: [TCDS A10CE](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/A10CE), [TCDS E6WE](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/E6WE) (OpenAirDocs)
- Serial number: 020
- Year built: 1981
- Type of aircraft: Fixed wing multi engine
- Engine type: Turbo-fan
- Airworthiness: Standard, transport
- Airworthiness date: December 16, 1981
- Certificate issued: June 7, 2023
- Last registry action: July 8, 2023
- Mode S code: A6FE55
- Owner when cancelled: [Year And Lear LLC](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/YEAR%20AND%20LEAR%20LLC)
- Location: [Farmingdale, NY](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/NY/Farmingdale)
- Owner type: LLC
- Owner's area on the map: 40.7330° N, 73.4328° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 11735, within about 2 miles (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based
- The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N55NY
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=55NY
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N55NY-2024-11-04

From the FAA registry file of November 7, 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 Gates Learjet 55: https://openairdocs.org/model/gates-learjet-55.md

## Service difficulty reports (1)

Matched to this aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model.

- [SDR AOYA040120111](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AOYA040120111), Feb 15, 2011: GENERATOR. BINDING. WHILE PERFORMING GROUND RUNS ON L55-020 THE RT GENERATOR FAILED TO COME ONLINE. A TECH WAS SENT TO INVESTIGATE AND HEARD A HIGH PITCHED GRINDING NOISE COMING FR

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