Aircraft Description
N987GC is a 1991 Mcdonnell Douglas DC-9-87, a twin-engine turbo-fan aircraft registered to Genesis Custom Jetliners LLC in New York, NY. This aircraft holds a standard airworthiness certificate issued by the Federal Aviation Administration on January 16, 2023. The registration certificate was issued on March 21, 2008. The registration is set to expire on November 30, 2029. Powered by a P & W JT8D-217C engine producing 20000 pounds of thrust, N987GC is. The aircraft's Mode S transponder code is ADC5BE (hex), used for ADS-B identification and flight tracking. The FAA registry record for N987GC was last updated on September 15, 2023. AviatorDB monitors aircraft positions through ADS-B surveillance data and updates records as new position data is received.
McDonnell Douglas (now part of Boeing) was a major American aircraft manufacturer that produced the F-15 Eagle, F/A-18 Hornet, DC-10, and MD-80 series commercial airliners. AviatorDB tracks 275 Mcdonnell Douglas aircraft currently registered in the FAA database, including the DC-9-87 model.
AviatorDB has found no NTSB accident or incident reports involving N987GC. AviatorDB cross-references all FAA registration data with NTSB accident and incident reports, providing a comprehensive safety overview for every registered aircraft in the United States.
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Data provided by the US Federal Aviation Administration. View on FAA.gov
Last updated: 2026-05-01 01:32:20 UTC