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A Learjet 35, the same model family as N500LL
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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of October 23, 2026
N500LL

Gates Learjet Corp. 35A

ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codesFlorida
Records check, free: 0 to understand, 4 clearWhere is it now

N500LL is a Gates Learjet Corp. 35A, a fixed-wing airplane with more than one motor with turbofan engines. It has 10 seats. It is registered to Blackbird Aero LLC, an LLC in Boca Raton, Florida. The registration is valid: it was issued on February 25, 2022 and expires on February 28, 2029. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate, dated November 18, 1976.

Where is it now Last seen October 12 at 12:50 pm.

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Aircraft

Maker
Gates Learjet Corp.
Model
35A · all 35As 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 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
095
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
Seats
10
Year built
Not given
Cruising speed
400 mph
Transponder code
A63AF5 (octal 51435365)

Registration

Status
Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Certificate issued
February 25, 2022
Expires
February 28, 2029
Last FAA action
July 18, 2023
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 · November 18, 1976
FAA region
SouthernFAA region code 7 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
FAA record id
00264080

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Blackbird Aero 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
3700 Airport Rd Ste 202
Boca Raton, FL 33431-6409

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Documents on file 0

No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.

Connections how N500LL links to the rest of the register

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Records check free · 0 to understand · 4 clear

The public federal record on N500LL, 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 Blackbird Aero LLC, an LLC, certificate issued February 25, 2022, expires February 28, 2029. No fractional interest recorded. [1]

NOTEAirworthiness certificate

Standard certificate; the FAA file gives no certificate date and no manufacture year. [1]

CLEARPrior registrations of this airframe

No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 095 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

CLEARTail number reuse

No other airframe has carried N500LL according to the deregistered file. [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]

CLEARAccident and incident record

No NTSB investigation records located under N500LL. CLEAR means the query ran and returned nothing, not that nothing ever happened. [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.

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

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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