N244LJ1979 Gates Learjet Corp. 35A
Safety record in brief:No NTSB accidents or incidents since 1982No ADs since 1998 matched3 service difficulty reports
Registration
FAA Aircraft Registry · Oct 19, 2026- Registered owner
- N244LJ Aviation INC
- Owner type
- Corporation
- City, state
- Middletown, DE
- Certificate issued
- Oct 17, 2024
- Expires
- Oct 31, 2031
- Airworthiness
- Standard · Transport
- Airworthiness date
- Oct 18, 1998
We never show street addresses, even though they appear in the public FAA file. Individual owners are shown by city and state only.
Airframe & engine
FAA Registry + type dataAirframe
- Manufacturer
- Gates Learjet Corp.
- Model
- 35A
- Year
- 1979
- Serial number
- 244
- Aircraft type
- Fixed wing multi engine
- Category
- Land
- Certification
- Type Certificated
- Seats
- 10
- Engines
- 2
- Max takeoff weight
- 12,500 - 19,999 lb
- Mode S code
- A23FDE
Engine
- Make and model
- Garrett Tfe731 Series
- Type
- Turbo-fan
- Power
- 3,500 lb thrust
Total time and engine hours aren't public. They appear here once the owner adds logbooks.
Ownership history
Ownership history from FAA records- 2024 – nowN244LJ Aviation INCMiddletown, DE · current
Individual owners are shown by city and state only.
Safety record
NTSB · Oct 15, 2026 · FAA ADs · Oct 18, 2026 · SDRs · Oct 16, 2026NTSB events (0)
No NTSB accidents or incidents found for this airframe since 1982.
Accident history for this modelADs published since 1998 that may apply (0)
These match the airframe or engine model. Whether each one applies, and whether it's been complied with, depends on serial numbers, equipment and logbook entries. Applicability must be confirmed by a mechanic against the aircraft's records.
No ADs published since 1998 matched this airframe or engine model.
AI-extracted — verify against original. Matched from each AD's applicability section; ADs replaced by a later AD are left out.
Service Difficulty Reports (3)
Reports of failures and defects that operators and repair stations sent to the FAA since 1995. A report describes one finding; it is not an accident.
- Fuselage · frame · corrodedDec 22, 2008
WHILE INSPECTING THE LT AFT FUEL TANK STRUCTURE, DUE TO LIGHTENING DAMAGE EVENT, FOUND THE FOAM INSULATION WATER SOAKED, AND CAUSING SERIOUS CORROSION IN OUTER FLANGE OF AFT PRESSURE BULKHEAD AND SURROUNDING STRUCTURE. THE HOLE IN THE LT OUTER PRESSURE BULKHEAD FLANGE, WHERE HOT AIR PIPE…
From FAA Service Difficulty Reports; matched by N-number and serial number. - Landing gear · tire · bulgedMay 14, 2004
DURING PREFLIGHT CHECK OF THE AIRCRAFT THE NR 3, RT INBOARD, TIRE HAD A BULGE IN THE TREAD AREA OF THE TIRE. THE WHEEL AND TIRE WERE REPLACED WITH A SERVICEABLE UNIT. THIS UNIT HAD NOT FAILED AT THIS POINT BUT FAILURE OF THE TIRE COULD RESULT IN DAMAGE TO UNDERSIDE OF WING AND TO THE FLAP AREA.
From FAA Service Difficulty Reports; matched by N-number and serial number. - Engine fuel and control · sensor · shortedFeb 20, 2004
THE LEFT ENGINE COMPUTER LIGHT ILLUMINATED IN CRUISE, DEEC (DIGITAL ELECTRONIC ENGINE CONTROL) DROPPED OFF-LINE. DEEC SUCCESSFULLY RESET ONCE DURING DESCENT (N2 AT 55 PERCENT). THE DEEC DROPPED OFF-LINE AGAIN ON APPROCH WHEN ENGINE WAS POWERED ABOVE 75 PERCENT N2. AIRCRAFT LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT.…
From FAA Service Difficulty Reports; matched by N-number and serial number.
Sources
- FAA Aircraft RegistryRegistration, owner city and state, airframe, engineupdated Oct 19, 2026
- NTSB accident and incident databaseAccidents and incidents since 1982updated Oct 15, 2026
- FAA Airworthiness Directives (Federal Register)ADs published since 1998updated Oct 18, 2026
- FAA Service Difficulty ReportsReports since 1995updated Oct 16, 2026