N393JW
Registered owner: GENERATION JETS LLC, TX (owner ≠ operator)
Operators of this aircraft
Who operated this tail, and how firmly we know it.
| Operator | Role | Period | Basis |
|---|---|---|---|
| Guardian Flight, LLC. (G1IA) | Certificate holder | — | Matched by certificate designator |
| Generation Jets, LLC (RLJA) | Operator | on 2026-09-08 | Operator named in NTSB report |
Accident & incident history
Operated by GENERATION JETS LLC (per NTSB report)
Not yet finalized — may be revised.Maintenance disclosures
Service Difficulty Reports filed with the FAA for this airframe. Filing is largely voluntary — the number of reports is not a measure of reliability. To verify a report, search its control number at the FAA SDRS site.
3 reports on file, 2009-06-28 – 2015-07-04.
Part: PCB — ARCED (ZONE 100) · airframe 13,759 hrs · 14,108 cycles
THE INST INV WARNING ANNUNCIATOR ILLUMINATED ON SHORT FINAL. TIME OF THIS EVENT WAS APPROX 1445L. APPLIED THE MEMORY ITEM FOR THIS WARNING LIGHT. THE WARNING LIGHT EXTINGUISHED MOMENTARILY THEN REAPPEARED. CONTINUED THE APPROACH & LANDED. THE MEDICS ADVISED ME THAT THERE WAS SMOKE COMING OUT FROM UNDER THE FWD BED. COULD SMELL ELEC FUMES, BUT DID NOT HAVE SMOKE IN THE COCKPIT. IMMEDIATELY TURNED OFF THE INST INV SWITCH & THE POWER SWITCHES TO THE LIFE PORT BED SYS. ENSURED THE CABIN PRESS WAS DUMPED & VENTILATED THE CABIN. THE SMOKE & FUMES DISSIPATED QUICKLY & THERE WAS NO SIGN OF A CONTINUING SOURCE OF SMOKE. THE ACFT WAS TAXIED TO THE HANGAR & TURNED OVER TO MX. INSPECTED THE SYS & FOUND THE A120 RELAY PANEL UNDER CTR FLOORBOARD AS THE SOURCE. REPLACED A120 RELAY PANEL, F114 FUSE & DIODES CR148 & CR149. SYS OPERATIONAL CHECKED NORMAL.
Part: MOTOR — FAILED (TE FLAP) · airframe 13,000 hrs · 13,314 cycles
THE PILOT REPORTED ON APPROACH INTO ANC. THE FLAP INDICATOR DID NOT SHOW THEN MOVING ALL THE WAY TO APPROACH. A MEDIC THEN INFORMED US THEY SMELLED SMOKE IN THE BACK. WE COULD CLEARLY SEE SMOKE IN THE BACK & COULD BY THAT TIME SMELL IT. ON SHORT FINAL & DECIDED TO LEAVE THE FLAPS WHERE THEY WERE, AFTER LANDING WE TURNED OFF ALL UNNECESSARY ELEC EQUIPMENT & NOTED THAT THE SMOKE SEEMED TO BE DISSIPATING. AFTER SHUTDOWN WE NOTICED THAT THE FLAPS DID NOT APPEAR TO BE ALL THE WAY IN THE APPROACH POSITION & THE FLAP MOTOR CB WAS POPPED OUT. MX FOUND THE FLAP MOTOR FAILED & SEIZED. REPLACED FLAP MOTOR PN 100-384040 & ROTARY ACTUATOR PN 100-524073-1. FLAP OPERATION & RIGGING WERE CHECKED IAW MM. ACFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE.
Part: STRUCTURE — MISSING (ZONE 400) · airframe 10,418 hrs · 10,948 cycles
ON 6/28/2009 ACFT WAS ENROUTE AT 23000 FEET WHEN THE PILOTS HEARD A LOUD BANG. THEY FOUND THE RT RAISBECK WING LOCKER MISSING. THE FLIGHT CONTINUED AND THEY ELECTED TO LAND. MX WAS INFORMED AND HAS CONTACTED MFG ENGINEERING WHO WILL BE IN ANC 6/30/09 TO TRY AND DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF FAILURE.