N457JCGulfstream American Corp. G-1159A
Safety record in brief:No NTSB accidents or incidents since 1982No ADs since 1998 matched1 service difficulty report
Registration
FAA Aircraft Registry · Oct 20, 2026- Registered owner
- Exceptional Aircrafts LLC
- Owner type
- LLC
- City, state
- Mcallen, TX
- Certificate issued
- Nov 6, 2025
- Expires
- Nov 30, 2032
- Airworthiness
- Standard · Transport
- Airworthiness date
- Mar 15, 1985
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
- Gulfstream American Corp.
- Model
- G-1159A
- Serial number
- 457
- Aircraft type
- Fixed wing multi engine
- Category
- Land
- Certification
- Type Certificated
- Seats
- 21
- Engines
- 2
- Max takeoff weight
- 20,000 and over lb
- Mode S code
- A58CE8
Engine
- Make and model
- Rolls-Royc Spey Mk 511sr
- Type
- Turbo-jet
- Power
- 1140 hp
Total time and engine hours aren't public. They appear here once the owner adds logbooks.
Ownership history
Ownership history from FAA records- 2025 – nowExceptional Aircrafts LLCMcallen, TX · current
Individual owners are shown by city and state only.
Safety record
NTSB · Oct 15, 2026 · FAA ADs · Oct 20, 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 (1)
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.
- Windows · window · crackedJul 26, 2007
AC DEPARTED AT APPROX 1930 ON 7/26/2007 AT APPROX 150 MILES OUT AND FL 350 A LOUD POP WAS HEARD IN THE CABIN. FLIGHT CREW INVESTIGATED AND NOTED THE NR 3 RT CABIN WINDOW OUTER PANE CRACKED. AT THAT TIME FLIGHT CREW DECLARED AN EMERGENCY, RETURNED AND MADE AN UNEVENTFUL LANDING. INSPECTION OF…
From FAA Service Difficulty Reports; matched by N-number and serial number.
Sources
- FAA Aircraft RegistryRegistration, owner city and state, airframe, engineupdated Oct 20, 2026
- NTSB accident and incident databaseAccidents and incidents since 1982updated Oct 15, 2026
- FAA Airworthiness Directives (Federal Register)ADs published since 1998updated Oct 20, 2026
- FAA Service Difficulty ReportsReports since 1995updated Oct 16, 2026