# N627WS: Gates Lear Jet 25B, registration cancelled 1998-10-14

- Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft)
- Cancelled: October 14, 1998
- Status when cancelled: Valid registration
- Airframe: [Gates Lear Jet 25B](https://openairdocs.org/model/gates-lear-jet-25b) (registry code 5170511)
- Data sheets: [TCDS A10CE](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/A10CE) (OpenAirDocs)
- Serial number: 170
- Type of aircraft: Fixed wing multi engine
- Certificate issued: October 6, 1997
- Last registry action: October 6, 1997
- Mode S code: A83243
- Owner when cancelled: [First Star Inc](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/FIRST%20STAR%20INC)
- Location: [Wilmington, DE](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/DE/Wilmington)
- Owner type: Corporation
- Owner's area on the map: 39.8187° N, 75.5062° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 19810, within about 2 miles (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based
- The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N627WS
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=627WS
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N627WS-1998-10-14

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 Gates Lear Jet 25B: https://openairdocs.org/model/gates-lear-jet-25b.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 97ZZZX491](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/97ZZZX491), Dec 30, 1996: SWITCH. FAILED. THE LT MLG SQUAT SWITCH FAILED CAUSING THE THRUST REVERSERS NOT TO DEPLOY.

## 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 FTW98MA096](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW98MA096), Jan 13, 1998: Gates Learjet 25B (N627WS), Houston, TX, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The flight crew's continued descent of the airplane below the glideslope and through the published decision height without visual contact with the runway environment. Also, when the captain…

## 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 19980113000289A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980113000289A), Jan 13, 1998: Lear 25B (N627WS), Houston, TX, Destroyed, 2 fatal. Acft lost radio and radar contact on 2 mile final to rwy 26 and crashed und unk circ. Houston, TX. (.19) on January 13, 1998, at 0810 central standard time, a…

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