N400EM
Registered owner: GUARDIAN FLIGHT 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 |
Accident & incident history
No NTSB accidents or incidents on file for this aircraft.
Maintenance disclosures
ON APPROACH TO KGUP, PILOT SELECTED THE MLG HANDLE TO THE DOWN POSITION, THE LT MLG INDICATOR LIGHT DID NOT ILLUMINATE. PILOT PERFORMED A GO-AROUND & CLIMBED TO A SAFE ALTITUDE NORTH OF THE AIRPORT TO TROUBLESHOOT. PILOT CONTACTED THE COMMS CENTER & MAINTENANCE CONTROL. PILOT COMPLETED ABNORMAL PROCEDURES CHKLIST FOR MLG MANUAL EXTENSION - LIGHT DID NOT ILLUMINATE. PILOT, OPTED TO DIVERT TO KABQ. PILOT CONTACTED ABQ CENTER, DECLARED AN EMERGENCY, & PROCEEDED VFR TO KABQ. ON ARRIVAL AT KABQ, PILOT PERFORMED AN INSPECTION PASS FOLLOWED BY A FULL-STOP LANDING ON RUNWAY 8 - WITHOUT INCIDENT. ACFT WAS SHUTDOWN ON RUNWAY WHERE IT WAS THEN TOWED BY MAINT PERSONNEL TO A HANGAR FOR INSPECTION AND REPAIR.
DESCRIPTION OF SERVICE DIFFICULTY: RETURNING TO OUR BASE (ABQ), WE WERE ON A VISUAL APPROACH TO RUNWAY 3 IN CLEAR & CALM CONDITIONS. LANDING GEAR WAS SELECTED DOWN AND L GEAR INDICATOR FAILED TO ILLUMINATE AND PUMP CONTINUED TO RUN. I INFORMED MY CREW AND LET ALBUQUERQUE TOWER KNOW I'D NEED VECTORS OR A HOLD TO TROUBLE SHOOT. I WENT AROUND AND RETRACTED THE GEAR, CLIMBED TO 9000 FT AND GOT SET UP IN STABLE CRUISE FLIGHT WITH AUTOPILOT ENGAGED AT 140KTS. CYCLED THE GEAR AGAIN. THIS TIME THE LANDING GEAR CAME DOWN NORMALLY AND WE HAD THREE GREENS. I LET TOWER KNOW WE WOULD LIKE TO PROCEED INBOUND AND WE COMPLETED A NORMAL LANDING. DURING POST FLIGHT I NOTICED NO OBVIOUS DEFECTS. MAINTENANCE WAS NOTIFIED AND AIRCRAFT WRITTEN UP. CORRECTIVE ACTION: REMOVED DOWN LOCK SWITCH ON MLG P/N: 90-361037-13 S/N: 11668752A INSTALLED NEW P/N: 90-361037-13 S/N: 12149160C. PERFORMED MULTIPLE GEAR SWINGS, FUNCTIONAL CHECKED GOOD. ALL WORK DONE IAW SMM 32-61-00 & 32-61-07. NO FURTHER DEFECTS NOTED. RELEACED FOR OCF. OCF FOUND TO BE SATISFACTORY.
DURING OUR CLIMB, PILOT NOTED THAT THE AIR CONDITIONING HAD NOT ACTIVATED AT ALL.
LH OB FLAP TRACK CRACKED
ON PREFLIGHT THE PILOT NOTICED THE RH OUTBOARD FLAP SEEMED LOOSE. WE HAD A MECHANIC INSPECT THE OUT OF SERVICE EVENT AND FOUND THE OUTBOARD FLAP TRACK CRACKED
ON PREFLIGHT, THE PILOT NOTICED THE RH OUTBOARD FLAP SEEMED LOSE. WE HAD A MECHANIC INSPECT THE OUT OF SERVICE EVENT AND FOUND THE OUTBOARD FLAP TRACK CRACKED.
DISCREPANCY: ON CLIMB OUT AP DISCONNECTED ON IT'S OWN WITH AFCS FAIL AND AP FAIL MESSAGES. FOR THE REMAINING 25 MINUTES OF THE FLIGHT THE FAIL MESSAGES EXTINGUISHED AND CAME BACK ~ 15 TIMES. NO CIRCUIT BREAKERS WERE PULLED. PERFORMED PRE-FLIGHT TEST (PFT) IAW GFC 600 AFCS PART 23 AML STC MM SECTION 9.3. GROUND FUNCTIONAL TEST DONE WITH SATISFACTORY RESULTS. DATA LOG AND ASSET LOG DOWNLOADED IAW GFC 600 AFCS PART 23 AML STC MM SECTION 8.4. DATA DOWNLOADS SENT TO MANUFACTURER. NO DEFECTS NOTED.
AIR CONDITIONER DRIVE MOTOR FAILED AND FOUND TO BE UNSERVICEABLE.
NEW PART WOULD NOT ALLOW FOR THE RT. MAIN LANDING GEAR TO INDICATE DOWN AND LOCKED.