N400EM

RAYTHEON AIRCRAFT COMPANY C90A · 2000 · Fixed-wing multi-engine · 2 engines · 9 seats · Valid Registration

Registered owner: GUARDIAN FLIGHT LLC, TX (owner ≠ operator)

Operators of this aircraft

Who operated this tail, and how firmly we know it.

OperatorRolePeriodBasis
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

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.

9 reports on file, 2016-09-14 – 2026-05-07.

NO WARNING INDICATION · 2026-05-07 Matched by certificate designator
ATA 3260

Part: LANDING GEAR — NO INDICATION (ZONE 700) · airframe 8,068 hrs · 10,556 cycles

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.

Source: SDR G1IA2026051207110
WARNING INDICATION · 2025-11-06 Matched by certificate designator
ATA 3260

Part: DOWNLOCK SWITCH — FAULTED (ZONE 700) · airframe 7,823 hrs · 10,194 cycles

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.

Source: SDR G1IA20251106099
WARNING INDICATION · 2025-06-25 Matched by certificate designator
ATA 2110

Part: MOTOR — FAULTED (ZONE 100) · airframe 7,581 hrs · 9,868 cycles

DURING OUR CLIMB, PILOT NOTED THAT THE AIR CONDITIONING HAD NOT ACTIVATED AT ALL.

Source: SDR G1IA20250625093
OTHER · 2025-04-12 Matched by certificate designator
ATA 5754

Part: FLAP TRACK — CRACKED (ZONE 500)

LH OB FLAP TRACK CRACKED

Source: SDR 2025FA0000263
OTHER · 2025-04-10 Matched by certificate designator
ATA 5753

Part: FLAP TRACK — CRACKED (ZONE 600) · airframe 7,472 hrs · 9,725 cycles

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.

Source: SDR G1IA20250410089
OTHER · 2025-04-10 Matched by certificate designator
ATA 5753

Part: FLAP TRACK — CRACKED (ZONE 600) · airframe 7,472 hrs · 9,725 cycles

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

Source: SDR G1IA202504140089
OTHER · 2025-03-24 Matched by certificate designator
ATA 2210

Part: AUTOPILOT SYS — MALFUNCTIONED · airframe 7,421 hrs · 9,652 cycles

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.

Source: SDR G1IA202503240088
OTHER · 2024-09-03 Matched by certificate designator
ATA 2150

Part: MOTOR — DEFECTIVE (ZONE 100) · airframe 7,014 hrs · 9,801 cycles

AIR CONDITIONER DRIVE MOTOR FAILED AND FOUND TO BE UNSERVICEABLE.

Source: SDR G1IA20240903069
NO WARNING INDICATION · 2016-09-14 Matched by certificate designator
ATA 3260

Part: ACTUATOR — INOPERATIVE (MLG) · airframe 3,217 hrs · 3,906 cycles

NEW PART WOULD NOT ALLOW FOR THE RT. MAIN LANDING GEAR TO INDICATE DOWN AND LOCKED.

Source: SDR 2016F00185