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A Learjet 35, the same model family as N81VN
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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of October 23, 2026
N81VN

Gates Learjet Corp. 35A

ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codesTennessee

N81VN is a Gates Learjet Corp. 35A, a fixed-wing airplane with more than one motor with turbofan engines, built in 1989. It has 10 seats. It is registered to Chromed In Hollywood INC, a corporation in Franklin, Tennessee. The registration is valid: it was issued on January 6, 2021 and expires on January 31, 2028. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for transport, dated January 11, 1999.

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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
652
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 · Garrett TFE731 SERIES · 3,500 lb thrust
Seats
10
Year built
1989
Cruising speed
400 mph
Transponder code
AB08EB (octal 52604353)

Registration

Status
Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Certificate issued
January 6, 2021
Expires
January 31, 2028
Last FAA action
April 14, 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 · TransportFAA certificate purpose code T (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · January 11, 1999
FAA region
CentralFAA region code 3 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
FAA record id
00064751

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Chromed In Hollywood INC
Type
CorporationFAA type of owner code 3 (who holds the registration: a person, a company, a trust or a government body). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Address
1113 Murfreesboro Rd
Unit 106-152
Franklin, TN 37064

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Documents on file 0

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

Connections how N81VN links to the rest of the register

Design
Engine
Owner
Place
  • Franklin, TN 103 aircraft registered in this town
  • Tennessee 6,518 aircraft registered
Airworthiness

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The public federal record on N81VN, 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 Chromed In Hollywood INC, a corporation, certificate issued January 6, 2021, expires January 31, 2028. No fractional interest recorded. [1]

ATTENTIONAirworthiness certificate date

The airworthiness certificate on file is dated January 11, 1999, 10 years after the 1989 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 652 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

CLEARTail number reuse

No other airframe has carried N81VN 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]

ATTENTIONAccident and incident record

1 NTSB record under N81VN: Accident on February 10, 2025 at Scottsdale, AZ: fatal, substantial damage (1 fatal). 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

WPR25FA088Accident on February 10, 2025 at Scottsdale, AZ: fatal, substantial damage (1 fatal).

Aircraft on the NTSB record: Gates Learjet CORP. 35A · operated under 091

On February 10, 2025, about 1438 mountain standard time, a Gates Learjet 35A, was substantially damaged when it was involved in an accident near Scottsdale, Arizona. The captain was fatally injured, the first officer (FO) and one passenger were seriously injured, one passenger sustained minor injuries; and an occupant inside a parked airplane sustained serious injuries. The airplane was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 corporate flight. The captain was the airplane’s regular pilot, and he had flown with the FO consistently since June. The purpose of the accident fli…

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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