N362PJ

This entry covers airframe N362PJ, a Gates Learjet 36 built in 1976 with serial number 36-017. The aircraft is registered in the United States and is owned by the corporate operator Premier Jets Inc of Hillsboro, OR, US, which serves as its established home base and operator. The airframe is a late-1970s example of the Learjet 36 line and, as operated by a small corporate operator, has been configured and maintained for executive transport missions consistent with its original role. Ownership by Premier Jets Inc places the airplane in a West Coast, corporate charter/operator environment, with routine registry and maintenance actions handled under U.S. civil aviation oversight.

The cabin in N362PJ is furnished in a typical six-place executive club configuration, supporting two pilots plus six passengers in face-to-face seating for corporate transport and short-range charter missions. Avionics fit is consistent with Learjet 36-era installations and operator-specific upgrades typical of a corporate fleet, with systems selected to support high-speed, high-altitude IFR cruise profiles and regional nonstop sectors. Typical mission profiles include transcontinental and regional flights up to the airframe’s published 2,600 nm range at cruise speeds near 418 kts, operating from the owner’s base in Hillsboro, OR, US to business centers across the western United States and to transcontinental points as required. Maintenance considerations for this airframe center on lifecycle management of the TFE731 series engines and structural systems characteristic of a 1976-built Learjet, with operator-maintained records and periodic avionics and interior refurbishments to preserve mission capability.

The Gates Learjet 36 occupies a performance niche as a light, long-range executive jet in the Learjet family, offering higher cruise speeds and an extended-range capability compared with some shorter-fuselage variants. Typical competitors in the same era and mission role included other light-cabin jets equipped with comparable turbofan powerplants offering similar cruise and ceiling performance. Buyer and charter demand for a maintained Learjet 36 such as N362PJ tends to focus on operators valuing speed, altitude capability to overfly weather, and efficient short-field performance; resale and maintenance considerations emphasize engine program enrollment for the TFE731 series and airframe corrosion and fatigue management given the aircraft’s vintage.