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A Learjet 35, the same model family as N981AL
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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of October 23, 2026
N981AL

Gates Learjet Corp. 35A

ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codesOhio

N981AL is a Gates Learjet Corp. 35A, a fixed-wing airplane with more than one motor with turbofan engines, built in 1978. It has 10 seats. It is registered to an individual in Richfield, Ohio. The registration is valid: it was issued on May 4, 2021 and expires on May 31, 2028. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for transport, dated December 20, 1979.

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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
216
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 · Airesearch TFE731 SER · 3,500 lb thrust
Seats
10
Year built
1978
Cruising speed
400 mph
Transponder code
ADAEE6 (octal 53327346)

Registration

Status
Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Certificate issued
May 4, 2021
Expires
May 31, 2028
Last FAA action
May 30, 2025
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 · December 20, 1979
FAA region
Great LakesFAA region code C (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
FAA record id
00230554

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Malik Hassan
Type
IndividualFAA type of owner code 1 (who holds the registration: a person, a company, a trust or a government body). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Address
3561 W Galloway Dr
Richfield, OH 44286-9357

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Documents on file 0

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

Connections how N981AL links to the rest of the register

Design
Engine
Place
  • Richfield, OH 10 aircraft registered in this town
  • Ohio 8,533 aircraft registered
Airworthiness

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Records check free · 0 to understand · 5 clear

The public federal record on N981AL, 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 Malik Hassan, an individual, certificate issued May 4, 2021, expires May 31, 2028. No fractional interest recorded. [1]

CLEARAirworthiness certificate

Standard certificate for transport, dated December 20, 1979, consistent with the 1978 manufacture year. [1]

CLEARPrior registrations of this airframe

No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 216 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

CLEARTail number reuse

No other airframe has carried N981AL 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 N981AL. CLEAR means the query ran and returned nothing, not that nothing ever happened. [4]

PENDINGTitle chain, liens and 337 forms

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PENDINGAirworthiness directives and utilization

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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

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