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A Learjet 45, the same model family as N456GS
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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of October 23, 2026
N456GS

Learjet Inc 45

ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codesIowa

N456GS is a Learjet Inc 45, a fixed-wing airplane with more than one motor with turbofan engines, built in 2002. It has 12 seats. It is registered to co-owned owners in Grand Junction, Iowa. The registration is valid: it was issued on August 28, 2026 and expires on August 31, 2033. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for transport, dated June 26, 2008.

Where is it now Last seen October 18 at 3:14 pm.

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Aircraft

Maker
Learjet Inc
Model
45 · all 45s and related versions
Built of
aluminium
The airframe is aluminium: sheet metal over a riveted frame, the way most aircraft have been built since the 1940s. This is how the Learjet 45 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
225
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 · Honeywell TFE731-20BR · 3,650 lb thrust
Seats
12
Year built
2002
Transponder code
A5890D (octal 51304415)

Registration

Status
Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Certificate issued
August 28, 2026
Expires
August 31, 2033
Last FAA action
August 28, 2026
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 · June 26, 2008
FAA region
CentralFAA region code 3 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
Ownership
Fractional
FAA record id
00005409

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Rueter Leasing LLC
Type
Co-ownedFAA type of owner code 4 (who holds the registration: a person, a company, a trust or a government body). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Address
PO Box 227
Grand Junction, IA 50107-0227
Co-owners
Gs Aviation LLC / Jensen Golf Lc / Engineered Plastic Components INC / Caliber Iowa LLC / Baker Aviation LLC

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.

Earlier use of this number 2

2011-03-14Cessna 182S · exported to Panama · Valid registration
1991-04-02Cessna 210M · Triennial registration form was mailed and has not been returned by the Post Office

Connections how N456GS links to the rest of the register

Design
Engine
Place
  • Grand Junction, IA 3 aircraft registered in this town
  • Iowa 4,503 aircraft registered
Airworthiness
Live

The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/aircraft/N456GS.json.

Records check free · 3 to understand · 2 clear

The public federal record on N456GS, 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.

CLEARRegistration and identity

Valid registration to Rueter Leasing LLC, a co-owned, certificate issued August 28, 2026, expires August 31, 2033. Fractional ownership is recorded. [1]

ATTENTIONAirworthiness certificate date

The airworthiness certificate on file is dated June 26, 2008, 6 years after the 2002 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]

CLEARPrior registrations of this airframe

No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 225 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

ATTENTIONTail number reuse

N456GS was previously assigned to 2 other aircraft: Cessna 182S (serial 18280048, cancelled March 14, 2011); Cessna 210M (serial 21061946, cancelled April 2, 1991). Histories keyed to the tail number alone can mix aircraft up; this check keys on the serial number. [2]

NOTERecent registry documents

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]

ATTENTIONAccident and incident record

1 NTSB record under N456GS: Accident on December 28, 1989 at Stuart, FL: serious injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]

PENDINGTitle chain, liens and 337 forms

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.

PENDINGAirworthiness directives and utilization

AD compliance against the logbooks and flight-activity reconciliation are researched layers of the full report.

NTSB records 1

MIA90FA044Accident on December 28, 1989 at Stuart, FL: serious injuries, substantial damage.serial on NTSB record: 21061946

Aircraft on the NTSB record: Cessna 210M · operated under 091

THE PILOT'S IMPROPER CALCULATION OF FUEL CONSUMPTION WHICH RESULTED IN AN INADEQUATE FUEL SUPPLY TO REACH HIS DESTINATION.

Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB

CLEAR the source was checked and shows no adverse findingATTENTION a fact a buyer or lender should understand, often routineNOTE context onlyPENDING covered by the full report
  1. FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 23, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  2. FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 23, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  3. FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 23, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  4. NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through September 30, 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 23, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data