2,236 Gulfstream business jets are currently on the FAA registry — the flagship of large-cabin, long-range corporate aviation. The fleet spans the long-serving G-IV family (G-IV, GIV-X/G450, 616 combined), the ultra-long-range G550/GV-SP (409 combined) and G650/GVI (374 combined), and the current-production G500/G600/G700/G800 (598 combined).
Why an eight-figure purchase still needs a $79 check first
A Gulfstream sale routinely runs into eight figures, and buyers already budget for a formal title search, a full pre-buy inspection, and broker fees measured in tens of thousands of dollars. Against that scale, price is not the reason to skip a history check — and skipping it is the actual risk. Many Gulfstreams have passed through corporate flight departments, charter operators, and fractional programs across a multi-decade service life, and the FAA can reissue a cancelled N-number to a different airframe after five years (14 CFR 47.15/47.17). That means a search of only the current tail number can miss an accident recorded under a prior registration — or wrongly attach another jet's accident to the one you're buying. A serial-number cross-match is the only way to know which history actually belongs to the airframe in front of you.
What a $79 report adds
Current FAA registration status, prior registrants, recent FAA filings (bills of sale, security agreements/liens — the same paper trail a title company will also pull), full NTSB accident and incident history, and the serial-number cross-match that catches an accident hiding under a prior tail number.
Check a specific tail number
Use our free tail-number lookup to check registration status and a summary of what a full report would show, or see our jet aircraft pre-purchase checklist for what to budget alongside a history check.