N435DC

LEARJET INC 45 · 2004 · Fixed-wing multi-engine · 2 engines · 12 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.

4 reports on file, 2020-05-01 – 2025-09-26.

SMOKE/FUMES/ODORS/SPARKS; WARNING INDICATION · 2025-09-26 Matched by certificate designator
ATA 7200

Part: ENGINE — WARNING MESSAGE (ZONE 400) · airframe 6,909 hrs · 5,557 cycles

ON DEPARTURE FROM KPAE TO PAKT CLIMBING THROUGH 12,000' MEDICS COMPLAINED OF BURNING SMELL, THEN SMELL WENT AWAY VERY SHORTLY AFTER. CONTINUED CLIMB AND THEN AT ABOUT FL200, GOT MASTER WARNING RIGHT ENGINE FIRE AND ASSOCIATED CAS MESSAGE. ACCOMPLISHED MEMORY ITEMS, FIRE INDICATIONS EXTINGUISHED AFTER ABOUT 12 SECONDS. PILOTS CHOSE TO SHUTDOWN AND SECURE RIGHT ENGINE, DECLARED AN EMERGENCY, AND RETURNED TO KPAE LANDING SINGLE ENGINE WITHOUT INCIDENT.

Source: SDR G1IA202510036097
SMOKE/FUMES/ODORS/SPARKS; WARNING INDICATION · 2025-09-26 Matched by certificate designator
ATA 7200

Part: WARNING MESSAGE — ILLUMINATED (ENGINE) · airframe 6,909 hrs · 5,557 cycles

ON DEPARTURE FROM KPAE TO PAKT CLIMBING THROUGH 12,000' MEDICS COMPLAINED OF BURNING SMELL, THEN SMELL WENT AWAY VERY SHORTLY AFTER. CONTINUED CLIMB AND THEN AT ABOUT FL200, GOT MASTER WARNING "RIGHT ENGINE FIRE" AND ASSOCIATED CAS MESSAGE. ACCOMPLISHED MEMORY ITEMS, FIRE INDICATIONS EXTINGUISHED AFTER ABOUT 12 SECONDS. PILOTS CHOSE TO SHUTDOWN AND SECURE RIGHT ENGINE, DECLARED AN EMERGENCY, AND RETURNED TO KPAE LANDING SINGLE ENGINE WITHOUT INCIDENT.

Source: SDR G1IA2025093026097
WARNING INDICATION · 2024-02-10 Matched by certificate designator
ATA 2697

Part: CONNECTOR — DIRTY (NR 1 FIRELOOP) · airframe 6,005 hrs · 4,870 cycles

PERFORMED VISUAL INSPECTION OF #1 ENGINE FIRE DETECTION LOOP ROUTING AND CONDITION PER LEAR 45 AMM. PERFORMED OPERATIONAL CHECK OF THE ENGINE FIRE DETECTION SYSTEM PER LEAR 45 AMM. CLEANED CONNECTOR AT A37. COULD NOT DUPLICATE DISCREPANCY AT THIS TIME.

Source: SDR G1IA202402130057
WARNING INDICATION · 2020-05-01 Matched by certificate designator
ATA 7500

Part: SEAL — TORN (BLEED SYSTEM) · airframe 3,541 hrs · 2,992 cycles

AFTER DEPARTURE AND DURING CLIMB "L ENG PYLON OVHT" ILLUMINATED IN RED ON CREW WARNING PANEL (CWP) AND IN RED ON CREW ALERTING SYSTEM (CAS). THE APPROPRIATE EMERGENCY PROCEDURES IN THE AIRPLANE FLIGHT MANUAL (ANTI-ICE TURNED OFF AND THRUST LEVER RETARDED) WERE PERFORMED AND THE MESSAGE EXTINGUISHED. FLIGHT DIVERTED. MAINTENANCE INSPECTED AND FOUND LH HIGH PRESSURE BLEED SEAL WORN/TORN. SEAL AND DUCT WERE R&RD

Source: SDR 2020F00324