Gates Learjet Corp. 35A
N76RA is a Gates Learjet Corp. 35A, a fixed-wing airplane with more than one motor with turbofan engines, built in 1977. It has 10 seats. It is registered to Royal Air Freight INC, a corporation in Waterford, Michigan. The registration is valid: it was issued on August 27, 2013 and expires on August 31, 2029. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for transport, dated September 8, 1977.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Gates Learjet Corp.
- Model
- 35A · all 35As and related versions
- Serial number
- 35A-140
- Type
- Fixed-wing, multi-engine
- Power
- Turbofan, 2 motors · Airesearch TFE731 SER · 3,500 lb thrust
- Seats
- 10
- Year built
- 1977
- Cruising speed
- 400 mph
- Transponder code
- AA40A7 (octal 52440247)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- August 27, 2013
- Expires
- August 31, 2029
- Last FAA action
- August 25, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Standard · Transport · September 8, 1977
- FAA region
- Great Lakes
- FAA record id
- 00790405
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Royal Air Freight INC
- Type
- Corporation
- Address
- 2141 Airport Rd
Waterford, MI 48327-1207
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Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
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The public federal record on N76RA, 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 Royal Air Freight INC, a corporation, certificate issued August 27, 2013, expires August 31, 2029. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for transport, dated September 8, 1977, consistent with the 1977 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 35A-140 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N76RA 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 N76RA: Accident on July 10, 2011 at Port Alsworth, AK: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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AD compliance against the logbooks and flight-activity reconciliation are researched layers of the full report.
NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Piper PA-31-350 · operated under 135
The pilot’s failure to see and avoid the approaching airplane. Contributing to the accident was that the pilot’s failure to listen to radio position reports from the other airplane on the common traffic advisory frequency and the absence of any forward-facing lights on his airplane.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for ANC11FA062 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
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Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 2, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data