# N96FN: Gates Learjet 35A, registration cancelled 2014-10-10

- Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft)
- Cancelled: October 10, 2014
- Status when cancelled: Third renewal notice
- Airframe: [Gates Learjet 35A](https://openairdocs.org/model/gates-learjet-35a) (registry code 5170602)
- Engine: [AiResearch TFE731 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/airesearch-tfe731-series) (registry code 01518)
- Data sheets: [TCDS A10CE](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/A10CE) (OpenAirDocs)
- Serial number: 186
- Type of aircraft: Fixed wing multi engine
- Engine type: Turbo-jet
- Airworthiness: Restricted, aerial surveying
- Airworthiness date: May 27, 1988
- Certificate issued: December 20, 2002
- Last registry action: May 18, 2010
- Mode S code: AD5A57
- Owner when cancelled: [L-3 Communications Flight Capital LLC](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/L-3%20COMMUNICATIONS%20FLIGHT%20CAPITAL%20LLC)
- Location: [Newport News, VA](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/VA/Newport%20News)
- Owner type: Corporation
- Owner's area on the map: 37.1134° N, 76.5179° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 23602, within about 2 miles (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based
- The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N96FN
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=96FN
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N96FN-2014-10-10

From the FAA registry file of November 12, 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 35A: https://openairdocs.org/model/gates-learjet-35a.md

## Service difficulty reports (2)

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

- [SDR 2007FA0000162](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/2007FA0000162), Feb 6, 2007: SPAR CAP. CORRODED. VISUAL CONDITION CHECK PERFORMED ON HORIZONTAL STABILIZER AFT SPAR CAP AND ELEVATOR HINGE BRACKETS FOR CORROSION, BROKEN FASTENERS, ETC. FOUND SEVERE CORROSION 
- [SDR 2005FA0000421](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/2005FA0000421), Jan 25, 2005: ENGINE. FAILED. WHILE AT FL300, EXPERIENCED AN INFLIGHT FAILURE OF THE RT ENGINE AS FOLLOWS, RT ENGINE INSTRUMENTS, ITT, N1, N2 AND FUEL FLOW ALL BEGAN INCREASING. RT FUEL COMP

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