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Gates Learjet Corp. 35A
N353CK is a Gates Learjet Corp. 35A, a fixed-wing airplane with more than one motor with turbofan engines, built in 1976. It has 10 seats. It is registered to Kalitta Charters LLC, an LLC in Ypsilanti, Michigan. The registration is valid: it was issued on July 20, 2015 and expires on July 31, 2028. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for transport, dated July 27, 1976.
Listed on the FAA charter and air-taxi certificate of Kalitta Charters LLC, and on that of AirNet II LLC, so it can be flown for hire.
Where is it now Last seen Thursday at 3:15 am.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Gates Learjet Corp.
- Model
- 35A · all 35As 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 Learjet 35 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
- 081
- 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
- Fuel
- Jet A
- Seats
- 10
- Year built
- 1976
- Cruising speed
- 400 mph
- Transponder code
- A3F02E (octal 50770056)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- July 20, 2015
- Expires
- July 31, 2028
- Last FAA action
- March 11, 2024
- Airworthiness
- StandardFAA airworthiness class code 1 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). Every aircraft with this code · All codes · TransportFAA certificate purpose code T (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · July 27, 1976
- FAA region
- Great LakesFAA region code C (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00972773
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Kalitta Charters 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
- 2820 Tyler Rd
Ypsilanti, MI 48198-6184
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 N353CK links to the rest of the register
- Learjet 35 161 registered
- Gates Learjet Corp. 135 aircraft on the register
- Built of aluminium · as the model family is built; the register does not record it per aircraft
- Kalitta Charters LLC · charter operator
- AirNet II LLC · charter operator
- Garrett (Honeywell) TFE731 series 694 aircraft with this engine series · 3,500 lb thrust
- Kalitta Charters LLC 51 aircraft in the fleet
- Ypsilanti, MI 138 aircraft registered in this town
- Michigan 7,226 aircraft registered
- FAA orders naming the Learjet 35 41 airworthiness directives
- Failure reports filed on the Learjet 35 873 reports since 1995
- Approved modifications for the Learjet 35 251 supplemental type certificates
- Where N353CK is now · Last seen Thursday at 3:15 am.
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The public federal record on N353CK, 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 Kalitta Charters LLC, an LLC, certificate issued July 20, 2015, expires July 31, 2028. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for transport, dated July 27, 1976, consistent with the 1976 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 081 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N353CK 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 N353CK: Accident on August 29, 1993 at Eureka, CA: serious 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.
AD compliance against the logbooks and flight-activity reconciliation are researched layers of the full report.
NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Mooney M-20M · operated under 091
the pilot's failure to attain the proper touch down point and the excessive airspeed.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of November 6, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of November 6, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of November 6, 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 6, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data