Learjet Inc 45
N3ST is a Learjet Inc 45, a fixed-wing airplane with more than one motor with turbofan engines, built in 2014. It has 12 seats. It is registered to Southern Tire Aviation LLC, an LLC in Columbia, Mississippi. The registration is valid: it was issued on April 3, 2018 and expires on April 30, 2028. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for transport, dated December 18, 2014.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Learjet Inc
- Model
- 45 · all 45s and related versions
- Serial number
- 487
- Type
- Fixed-wing, multi-engine
- Power
- Turbofan, 2 motors · Honeywell TFE731-40BR-1 · 3,850 lb thrust
- Seats
- 12
- Year built
- 2014
- Transponder code
- A31C42 (octal 50616102)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- April 3, 2018
- Expires
- April 30, 2028
- Last FAA action
- May 5, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Standard · Transport · December 18, 2014
- FAA region
- Southwestern
- FAA record id
- 01167062
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Southern Tire Aviation LLC
- Type
- LLC
- Address
- 800 Highway 98 Byp
Columbia, MS 39429-8255
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Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
Earlier use of this number 1
Records check free · 2 to understand · 3 clear
The public federal record on N3ST, 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 Southern Tire Aviation LLC, an LLC, certificate issued April 3, 2018, expires April 30, 2028. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for transport, dated December 18, 2014, consistent with the 2014 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 487 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N3ST was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Thomas BJ-1B DUSTER (serial 17, cancelled February 1, 1999). Histories keyed to the tail number alone can mix aircraft up; this check keys on the serial number. [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 N3ST: Accident on July 15, 2005 at Newnan, GA: 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.
AD compliance against the logbooks and flight-activity reconciliation are researched layers of the full report.
NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Cessna 525A · operated under 091
The pilot's delay in aborting the landing and his failure to maintain obstacle clearance. Contributing factors were hydroplaning condition, and the localizer antenna.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for ATL05CA131 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through August 27, 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, October 2, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data