# N8040A: Gates Lear Jet 35, registration cancelled 2024-04-30

- Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft)
- Cancelled: April 30, 2024
- Status when cancelled: Valid registration
- Airframe: [Gates Lear Jet 35](https://openairdocs.org/model/gates-lear-jet-35) (registry code 5170600)
- Data sheets: [TCDS A10CE](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/A10CE) (OpenAirDocs)
- Serial number: 048
- Type of aircraft: Fixed wing multi engine
- Last registry action: April 12, 2010
- Mode S code: AAF312
- Owner when cancelled: [Alliance Air Parts Inc](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/ALLIANCE%20AIR%20PARTS%20INC)
- Location: [Oklahoma City, OK](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/OK/Oklahoma%20City)
- Owner type: Corporation
- Owner's area on the map: 35.4676° N, 97.5164° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Oklahoma City, OK, within about 14 miles (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based
- The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8040A
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=8040A
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8040A-2024-04-30

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 Lear Jet 35: https://openairdocs.org/model/gates-lear-jet-35.md

## Service difficulty reports (5)

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

- [SDR BSY2003F00017](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/BSY2003F00017), Jun 13, 2003: DOWNLOCK SWITCH. INOPERATIVE. GOING INTO ALT, HAD NO NOSE GEAR DOWN AND LOCK INDICATION, LANDED, NO PROBLEM. REMOVED AND REPLACED NOSE GEAR ACTUATOR AND DOWNLOCK SWITCH. OPS CHECK GOOD.
- [SDR BSY2003F00014](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/BSY2003F00014), Jun 13, 2003: COMPUTER. FAILED. LEFT FUEL COMPUTER DROPPED OFFLINE, 100 MILES LINER RT FUEL COMPUTER DROPPED OFFLINE. ON APPROACH, PILOT RESET LEFT COMPUTER, THEN HE TRIED TO RESET RIGHT COMPU
- [SDR 20000522SH009](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/20000522SH009), May 12, 2000: CONTROL VALVE. MALFUNCTIONED. AFTER 12YR/12,000 HOUR MAJOR INSPECTION, ACCOMPLISHED ENGINE RUNS AS WELL AS STALL TEST FLIGHT. FLOW CONTROL VALVE FUNCTIONED SATISFACTORILY. AT CUSTOMER DELIVE
- [SDR 96ZZZX1338](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/96ZZZX1338), Feb 29, 1996: SWITCH. FAILED. LEFT MAIN GEAR, NO DOWN AND LOCK INDICATION. REMOVED AND REPLACED SWITCH, OPS OK.
- [SDR 96ZZZX771](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/96ZZZX771), Jan 3, 1996: REGULATOR. DEFECTIVE. LEFT ENGINE LOST OIL PRESSURE ON APPROACH. FOUND DEFECTIVE OIL BREATHER REGULATOR. INSTALLED SB 79-3055.

## 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 19970101000019A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970101000019A), Jan 1, 1997: Lear 35LEAR (N8040A), Kansas City, MO, Substantial damage. Landed long and fast. Failed use proper vref speed or use drag chute. Downwind. Overran runway. Hit parked aircraft

## Other aircraft with N8040A

- [Cancelled 1989-04-20](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8040A-1989-04-20): Robinson Helicopter R22 BETA, S/N 1014. Exported to Switzerland. Owner: [Robinson Helicopter Co](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/ROBINSON%20HELICOPTER%20CO), [Torrance, CA](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/CA/Torrance)
- [Cancelled 1970-11-13](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8040A-1970-11-13): Cessna 170B, S/N 20892. Owner: [Watson Aircraft Sales & Service Inc](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/WATSON%20AIRCRAFT%20SALES%20%26%20SERVICE%20INC), [East Alton, IL](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/IL/East%20Alton)
- [Cancelled (date not recorded)](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8040A-undated): Piper PA-28RT-201, S/N 28R8218009. N-number assigned, not yet registered

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