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Gates Lear Jet Corp. 36
N26FN is a Gates Lear Jet Corp. 36, a fixed-wing airplane with more than one motor with turbofan engines, built in 1975. It has 10 seats. It is registered to Dodson International Parts INC, a corporation in Rantoul, Kansas. The registration is valid: it was issued on September 22, 2023 and expires on September 30, 2030. It holds a restricted airworthiness certificate for other, dated May 9, 2022.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Gates Lear Jet Corp.
- Model
- 36 · all 36s 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 Corp. 36 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
- 011
- 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
- TurbofanFAA type of engine code 5 (what powers it, as the FAA classes engines). Every aircraft with this code · All codes, 2 motors · Garrett TFE731 SERIES · 3,500 lb thrust
- Seats
- 10
- Year built
- 1975
- Cruising speed
- 192 mph
- Transponder code
- A27D2E (octal 50476456)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- September 22, 2023
- Expires
- September 30, 2030
- Last FAA action
- September 22, 2023
- Airworthiness
- RestrictedFAA airworthiness class code 3 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). Every aircraft with this code · All codes · OtherFAA certificate purpose code 0 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · May 9, 2022
- FAA region
- CentralFAA region code 3 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00725982
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Dodson International Parts INC
- Type
- CorporationFAA type of owner code 3 (who holds the registration: a person, a company, a trust or a government body). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Address
- 2155 Vermont Rd
Rantoul, KS 66079-9014
Owners can ask the FAA to withhold their name and address from public files. When they do, those fields are blank here as well. How that works.
Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
Connections how N26FN links to the rest of the register
- Gates Lear Jet Corp. 36 13 registered
- Gates Lear Jet Corp. 13 aircraft on the register
- Built of aluminium · as the model family is built; the register does not record it per aircraft
- Garrett (Honeywell) TFE731 series 694 aircraft with this engine series · 3,500 lb thrust
- Dodson International Parts INC 316 aircraft in the fleet
- Holds an FAA aircraft dealer certificate · valid to August 5, 2027
- Rantoul, KS 329 aircraft registered in this town
- Kansas 5,735 aircraft registered
- Report filed on this aircraft: Fuse, failed · 2017-08-07
- Report filed on this aircraft: Elevator, separated · 2006-12-01
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The public federal record on N26FN, 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 Dodson International Parts INC, a corporation, certificate issued September 22, 2023, expires September 30, 2030. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
The airworthiness certificate on file is dated May 9, 2022, 47 years after the 1975 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 011 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N26FN 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]
2 NTSB records under N26FN: Accident on September 9, 2022 at San Diego, CA: minor injuries, substantial damage. Accident on December 1, 2006 at San Diego, CA: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 2
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Gates Lear Jet CORP. 36 · operated under PUBU
The flight crew’s fast landing on a wet runway, which resulted in the airplane hydroplaning during the landing roll and subsequently overrunning the runway.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Learjet 36 · operated under 091
The pilot's failure to maintain aircraft control while maneuvering, which resulted in exceeding the design stress limits of the aircraft. Contributing to the accident was the sunglare.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of November 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of November 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of November 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through October 28, 2026. data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search
This automated check reads the public federal record. Nothing here is a legal opinion, an appraisal or a statement about the aircraft's condition; a CLEAR line is a statement about the searched record, not the aircraft.
Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, November 2, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data