# N85VT: Gulfstream American G-1159A, registration cancelled 2014-07-29

- Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft)
- Cancelled: July 29, 2014
- Status when cancelled: Third renewal notice
- Airframe: [Gulfstream American G-1159A](https://openairdocs.org/model/gulfstream-american-g-1159a) (registry code 3970109)
- Data sheets: [TCDS A12EA](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/A12EA) (OpenAirDocs)
- Serial number: 449
- Type of aircraft: Fixed wing multi engine
- Airworthiness: Standard, transport
- Airworthiness date: December 22, 1984
- Certificate issued: September 25, 2000
- Last registry action: January 10, 2007
- Mode S code: ABA6EC
- Owner when cancelled: [Jet Place Inc](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/JET%20PLACE%20INC)
- Location: [Tulsa, OK](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/OK/Tulsa)
- Owner type: Corporation
- Owner's area on the map: 36.1993° N, 95.9089° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 74115, within about 2 miles (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based
- The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N85VT
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=85VT
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N85VT-2014-07-29

From the FAA registry file of October 28, 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 Gulfstream American G-1159A: https://openairdocs.org/model/gulfstream-american-g-1159a.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 2003F00541](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/2003F00541), May 1, 2003: INDICATOR. MALFUNCTIONED. AIRCRAFT STARTED ITS TAKEOFF ROLL AT TUL. THE CREW NOTICED NO AIRSPEED INDICATION ON THE PILOTS SIDE AND THEY REJECTED THE TAKEOFF. TAXIED THE AIRCRAFT BACK TO 

## 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 DCA05MA011](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA05MA011), Nov 22, 2004: Gulfstream Aerospace G-III (N85VT), Houston, TX, destroyed, 3 fatal. Probable cause: the flight crew's failure to adequately monitor and cross check the flight instruments during the approach. Contributing to the accident was the flight crew's failure to select the instrument landing…

## 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 20041122034939A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20041122034939A), Nov 22, 2004: Gulstm G1159A (N85VT), Houston, TX, Destroyed, 3 fatal. (-23) Aircraft crashed 3 miles short of Houston Hobby airport during a positioning flight. Weather at the time of the accident was 1/8 mile visibility with 100…

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