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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of October 23, 2026Gates Lear Jet 25B
N143CK is a Gates Lear Jet 25B, a fixed-wing airplane with more than one motor with turbojet engines, built in 1973. It has 10 seats. It is registered to Wings Over Texas Holdings LLC, an LLC in Denton, Texas. The registration is valid: it was issued on November 20, 2023 and expires on November 30, 2030. It holds a multiple airworthiness certificate for standard; restricted; aerial surveying, dated August 28, 1995.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Gates Lear Jet
- Model
- 25B · all 25Bs and related versions
- Built of
- aluminiumThe airframe is aluminium: sheet metal over a riveted frame, the way most aircraft have been built since the 1940s. This is how the Gates Lear Jet 25 family is built; the FAA does not record construction for each aircraft, and the type certificate data sheet is the authority for this one.
- Serial number
- 143
- Type
- Fixed-wing, multi-engineFAA type of aircraft code 5 (the FAA's broad category for the airframe). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Power
- TurbojetFAA type of engine code 4 (what powers it, as the FAA classes engines). Every aircraft with this code · All codes, 2 motors · Ge CJ610-5&6 · 2,780 lb thrust
- Seats
- 10
- Year built
- 1973
- Cruising speed
- 388 mph
- Transponder code
- A0AE11 (octal 50127021)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- November 20, 2023
- Expires
- November 30, 2030
- Last FAA action
- November 20, 2023
- Airworthiness
- MultipleFAA airworthiness class code 6 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). Every aircraft with this code · All codes · Standard; Restricted; Aerial surveyingFAA certificate purpose code 132 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · August 28, 1995
- FAA region
- SouthwesternFAA region code 2 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00402050
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Wings Over Texas Holdings LLC
- Type
- LLCFAA type of owner code 7 (who holds the registration: a person, a company, a trust or a government body). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Address
- 4849 Spartan Dr
Denton, TX 76207-4548
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Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
Connections how N143CK links to the rest of the register
- Gates Lear Jet 25 14 registered
- Gates Lear Jet 67 aircraft on the register
- Built of aluminium · as the model family is built; the register does not record it per aircraft
- General Electric CJ610-5&6 10 aircraft with this engine series · 2,780 lb thrust
- Wings Over Texas Holdings LLC 257 aircraft in the fleet
- Denton, TX 497 aircraft registered in this town
- Denton Enterprise Airport · DTO
- Texas 29,911 aircraft registered
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The public federal record on N143CK, read the way a buyer, lender or insurer reads it: FAA registration, prior tail numbers keyed on the serial number, reuse of the tail number, recent registry filings, and the NTSB accident record under this and every earlier registration.
Valid registration to Wings Over Texas Holdings LLC, an LLC, certificate issued November 20, 2023, expires November 30, 2030. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
The airworthiness certificate on file is dated August 28, 1995, 22 years after the 1973 manufacture year. A re-issued certificate commonly follows export and re-import, a rebuild, or a return to the register after cancellation. The cause is documented in the FAA aircraft records file, which the full report obtains. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 143 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N143CK according to the deregistered file. [2]
No bills of sale, loans or releases have reached the registry in recent weeks. The index covers only recent filings; older liens are in the records file. [3]
1 NTSB record under N143CK: Accident on November 17, 1988 at Bend, OR: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
These live in the FAA aircraft records file (every document ever filed against the aircraft) and, for larger aircraft, the International Registry. Part of the full report.
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NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Gates Learjet 25B · operated under 135
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 23, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 23, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 23, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through September 30, 2026. data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search
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Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 23, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data