N74A1968 Gulfstream G1159B
Safety record in brief:No NTSB accidents or incidents since 19826 ADs may apply1 service difficulty report
Registration
FAA Aircraft Registry · Oct 17, 2026- Registered owner
- Missile Defense Agency (mda)
- Owner type
- Government
- City, state
- Tulsa, OK
- Certificate issued
- Mar 17, 2005
- Expires
- Oct 31, 2029
- Airworthiness
- Experimental · Research and Development
- Airworthiness date
- May 6, 2022
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
- Model
- G1159B
- Year
- 1968
- Serial number
- 36
- Aircraft type
- Fixed wing multi engine
- Category
- Land
- Certification
- Type Certificated
- Seats
- 22
- Engines
- 2
- Max takeoff weight
- 20,000 and over lb
- Mode S code
- A9F031
Engine
- Make and model
- Rolls-Royc Spey 511-8
- Type
- Turbo-jet
- Power
- 11,400 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- 2005 – nowMissile Defense Agency (mda)Tulsa, OK · current
- until 1989Individual ownerdifferent airframe: Universal Globe Gc-1a S/N 069
Individual owners are shown by city and state only.
Safety record
NTSB · Oct 15, 2026 · FAA ADs · Oct 17, 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 (6)
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.
| AD | Subject | Effective | Applies to |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-08-03 | Flight Controls | Jun 20, 2023 | Airframe (G1159B)Certain serial numbers: G-1159A 385; G-1159A 387; G-1159A 388; G-1159A 390–498; G-1159B 009; G-1159B 016; … |
| 2017-07-06 | Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation Airplanes | May 15, 2017 | Airframe (G1159B) |
| 2016-20-06 | Flight controls | Oct 14, 2016 | Airframe (G1159B) |
| 2016-18-11 | Landing gear | Sep 23, 2016 | Airframe (G1159B)Certain serial numbers: GIV-X 4001–4350; GV-SP 5001–5542 |
| 2012-11-06 | Wings; and 53, Fuselage | May 29, 2012 | Airframe (G1159B) |
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| AD | Subject | Effective | Applies to |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001-08-13 | Gulfstream Model G-1159, G-1159A, G-1159B, G-IV, and G-V Series Airplanes | May 10, 2001 | Airframe (G1159B)Serial numbers per Gulfstream Alert Customer Bulletins No. 27 (G-II/IIB), No. 13 (G-III), No. 27 (G-IV), No. 12 (G-V), dated March 20, 2001 |
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.
- Wings · attach fitting · corrodedApr 12, 2001
DURING RECOMMENDED INSPECTION OF WINGLET ATTACH HARDWARE FOR CORROSION, FOUND CORROSION IN THE WINGLET TO WING ATTACHMENT FITTING. IT APPEARS THIS CORROSION IS THE RESULT OF IMPROPER SEALING OF THE ATTACHMENT HARDWARE SINCE WATER WAS FOUND TRAPPED IN THE ONLY AREA OF CORRSION. THIS CORROSION WAS…
From FAA Service Difficulty Reports; matched by N-number and serial number.
Sources
- FAA Aircraft RegistryRegistration, owner city and state, airframe, engineupdated Oct 17, 2026
- NTSB accident and incident databaseAccidents and incidents since 1982updated Oct 15, 2026
- FAA Airworthiness Directives (Federal Register)ADs published since 1998updated Oct 17, 2026
- FAA Service Difficulty ReportsReports since 1995updated Oct 16, 2026