N553VGates Learjet Corp. 35A
This N-number isn't registered right now. Below is its last known registration, canceled May 1, 2024.
Safety record in brief:No NTSB accidents or incidents since 1982No ADs since 1998 matched8 service difficulty reports
- Registration
- Deregistered
Registration
FAA Aircraft Registry · Oct 20, 2026- Last registered owner
- Alliance Air Parts INC
- Owner type
- Corporation
- City, state
- Oklahoma City, OK
- Canceled
- May 1, 2024
- Airworthiness
- Standard · Transport
- Airworthiness date
- Sep 14, 1977
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
- Serial number
- 35A-141
- 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
- A70C6B
Engine
- Type
- Turbo-fan
Total time and engine hours aren't public. They appear here once the owner adds logbooks.
Ownership history
Ownership history from FAA records- until 2024Alliance Air Parts INCOklahoma City, OK
- until 1933Leonard Motorless Aircraft Co INCGrand Rapids, MI · different airframe: Leonard Motorless Aircraft Co Leonard P T Glider 1 S/N 104
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 (8)
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.
- Wings · attach fitting · crackedSep 1, 2005
DURING COMPLIANCE OF A 6000 MAJOR LANDING GEAR INSPECTION THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR ACTUATOR ATTACH PILLAR WAS FOUND TO HAVE A .25 INCH CRACK IN IT. THE CRACK WAS APPROXIMATELY 3.7 INCHES FROM THE MAIN GEAR ACTUATOR END OF THE PILLAR. THE CRACK WAS IN A CIRCUMFERENTIAL DIRECTION. THE CRACK WAS FOUND…
From FAA Service Difficulty Reports; matched by N-number and serial number. - wire · brokenMay 14, 2005
DURING COMPLIANCE OF AD 82-01-05 R2, THE TEST OF THE STALL WARNING ACCELEROMETER FAILED TO FUNCTION PROPERLY. WHEN THE ACCELEROMETER WAS ROTATED PAST THE 45 DEGREE POSITION THE PULLER WOULD NOT WORK AT ALL. IN THE PROCESS OF TROUBLESHOOTING THE SYSTEM, TWO WIRES ATTACHED TO THE CONNECTOR OF THE…
From FAA Service Difficulty Reports; matched by N-number and serial number. - Engine air · bleed valve · stuckJun 17, 2004
AFTER T/O IFR CONDITIONS, PILOT NOTICED LT ENG UNABLE TO MAINTAIN N1 POWER & ITT WAS CLOSE TO MAX. RETURNED TO BASE. MX PERFORMED GROUND RUN & WAS ABLE TO VERIFY CONDITION ON GROUND. ENG SURGE VALVE SOLENOID PACK FOUND TO HAVE WATER CONTAMINATION. ENG REMOVED ENOUGH TO GAIN ACCESS TO SURGE VALVE…
From FAA Service Difficulty Reports; matched by N-number and serial number.
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- Engine air · bleed valve · contaminatedJun 17, 2004
AFTER T/O IFR CONDITIONS PILOT NOTICED LT ENG UNABLE TO MAINTAIN N1 POWER & ITT CLOSE TO MAX. RETURNED TO BASE. MX PERFORMED GROUND RUN, WAS ABLE TO VERIFY CONDITION ON GROUND. ENG SURGE VALVE SOLENOID PACK FOUND TO HAVE WATER CONTAMINATION. ENG REMOVED ENOUGH TO GAIN ACCESS TO SURGE VALVE, VALVE…
From FAA Service Difficulty Reports; matched by N-number and serial number. - Engine air · bleed valve · defectiveApr 27, 2004
DURING TAKEOFF ROLL, PILOT UNABLE TO GET PROPER N1 INDICATION REQUIRED FOR TAKEOFF & ENGINE THEN STARTED ROLLING BACK ON POWER. TAKEOFF ABORTED & AIRCRAFT STOPPED WITHOUT INCIDENT. MX INSPECTED ENGINE & PERFORMED A GROUND RUN, UNABLE TO DUPLICATE PROBLEM. DEEC (DIGITAL ELECTRONIC ENGINE COMPUTER)…
From FAA Service Difficulty Reports; matched by N-number and serial number. - Landing gear · actuator · out of adjustMay 10, 2002
AFTER TAKEOFF, THE GEAR RETRACTED NORMAL BUT RT MAIN GEAR SHOWED AN UNSAFE INDICATION. THE INBOARD GEAR DOOR DID NOT CLOSE ENOUGH TO COMPRESS THE INBOARD GEAR DOOR SWITCH. INBOARD GEAR DOOR ACTUATOR HAD BEEN RESEALED DURING A 600 HR INSPECTION PRIOR TO TAKEOFF. THE DOOR ACTUATOR REMOVED, RESEALED…
From FAA Service Difficulty Reports; matched by N-number and serial number. - Power plant · mount · crackedDec 18, 2000
DURING COMPLIANCE OF RECURRING AD 87-02-06 EFFECTIVE 2-6-87, WHILE PERFORMING VISUAL INSPECTION AS REQUIRED BY PAR A (1) OF THE AD, A SUSPECTED CRACK WAS NOTED IN THE UPPER FORWARD RADIUS OF THE MOUNT. THE CRACK WAS CONFIRMED BY MAGNETIC PARTICLE INSPECTION AS REQUIRED BY PAR A (2)(B)(2) OF THE AD…
From FAA Service Difficulty Reports; matched by N-number and serial number. - Landing gear · weight · looseJul 27, 1998
DURING TAKEOFF ROLL THERE WAS AN ABNORMAL VIBRATION FROM THE NOSE GEAR AT LIFT-OFF. THE AIRCRAFT RETURNED AND LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. THE NOSE WHEEL WAS DISASSEMBLED AND THE BALANCE WEIGHT HAD BROKEN LOOSE FROM INSIDE THE TIRE.
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