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A Iai Ltd GULFSTREAM G280, the same model family as N59EP
A Iai Ltd GULFSTREAM G280 like this one, not N59EP itself. Photo: Javier Bravo Muñoz, GFDL 1.2, via Wikimedia Commons. Pictures of N59EP itself may be on Planespotters · JetPhotos · Airliners.net. Operator or owner? Send your own picture.
Registered aircraft · FAA record as of November 2, 2026
N59EP

Iai Ltd GULFSTREAM G280

ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codesIdaho

N59EP is an Iai Ltd GULFSTREAM G280, a fixed-wing airplane with more than one motor with turbofan engines, built in 2013. It has 21 seats. It is registered to co-owned owners in Ketchum, Idaho. The registration is valid: it was issued on February 18, 2022 and expires on February 28, 2029. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for transport, dated November 19, 2013. 1 document is on file: bill of sale (evidence of ownership).

Where is it now Last seen October 18 at 7:34 pm.

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Aircraft

Maker
Iai Ltd
Model
GULFSTREAM G280 · all GULFSTREAM G280s 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 Iai Ltd GULFSTREAM G280 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
2034
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 AS907-2-1G · 7,765 lb thrust
Seats
21
Year built
2013
Transponder code
A79B80 (octal 51715600)

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 18, 2022
Expires
February 28, 2029
Last FAA action
September 3, 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 · November 19, 2013
FAA region
Northwest MountainFAA region code S (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
FAA record id
01129886

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
P77 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
Attn: John L Bunce
PO Box 840
Ketchum, ID 83340
Co-owners
Pw Leasing 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 1

2026-10-16Bill of sale (evidence of ownership)

Earlier use of this number 2

2015-12-14Freefly Systems CINESTAR 8 · N-number assigned, not registered, pending cancellation
—Cessna 421C · N-number assigned but not yet registered

Connections how N59EP links to the rest of the register

Design
Engine
  • Honeywell AS907-2-1G 266 aircraft with this engine series · 7,765 lb thrust
  • Type certificate A61NM · held by Gulfstream Aerospace LP (Galp)
Place
Airworthiness
Live

The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/aircraft/N59EP.json.

Records check free · 2 to understand · 3 clear

The public federal record on N59EP, 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 P77 LLC, a co-owned, certificate issued February 18, 2022, expires February 28, 2029. No fractional interest recorded. [1]

CLEARAirworthiness certificate

Standard certificate for transport, dated November 19, 2013, consistent with the 2013 manufacture year. [1]

CLEARPrior registrations of this airframe

No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 2034 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

ATTENTIONTail number reuse

N59EP was previously assigned to 2 other aircraft: Freefly Systems CINESTAR 8 (serial QC 18429, cancelled December 14, 2015); Cessna 421C (serial 421C1011, cancelled date not given). Histories keyed to the tail number alone can mix aircraft up; this check keys on the serial number. [2]

NOTERecent registry documents

1 document received recently: Bill of sale (evidence of ownership) (October 16, 2026). [3]

ATTENTIONAccident and incident record

1 NTSB record under N59EP: Accident on October 11, 1985 at Wooster, OH: no 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

CHI86LA012Accident on October 11, 1985 at Wooster, OH: no injuries, substantial damage.serial on NTSB record: 421C1011

Aircraft on the NTSB record: Cessna 421C · operated under 091

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 November 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  2. FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of November 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  3. FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of November 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  4. 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