Registered owner
Guardian Flight LLC
Owner type
LLC
Serial number
LJ-1462
Year built
1996
Type
Fixed wing multi engine
Engine
Turbo-prop
Airworthiness
Standard, normal
Airworthiness date
December 24, 1996
Certificate issued
October 2, 2017
Expires
October 31, 2027
Mode S code
A0224C

From the FAA registry file of October 24, 2026. The registry lists only the engine series, so ADs for every Pratt & Whitney PT6A model are included below.

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Airworthiness directives that may apply · 58

Matched by this aircraft’s airframe and engine models. Each AD’s applicability may narrow it by serial number, part number or equipment.

1968In forceSuperseded2026
ADs by the year they took effect: 63 ADs
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Information bulletins that may apply · 8

Advisory, not mandatory.

Historical bulletins · 2

NTSB investigations

No NTSB investigations matched to N1079DMatched by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model. Investigations from before this aircraft carried the mark are under Earlier aircraft. Investigations on Raytheon C90A aircraft

FAA incident reports · 1

FAA accident and incident reports matched to this aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model.

Service difficulty reports · 9

Matched to this aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model.

SDR G1IA20230429045Dpu · failedBOTH EFIS SCREENS FAILED IN FLIGHT AND DISPLAYED "DPU FAIL".Apr 29, 2023 · N1079D · Beech C90A · Navigation SystemSDR G1IA20230401039Dpu · abnormalUPON START UP THE EFIS, BOTH THE EHSI, AND EADI WERE ZOOMED IN. THE INFORMATION AND ORIENTATION WERE CORRECT AND THERE WERE NO RED X’S OR ANY INDICATION THAT THE SYSTEM WAS NOT WORKING PROPERLY. I INITIALLY THOUGHT THAT THIS WAS A SETTING PREFERENCE SET UP BY Apr 1, 2023 · N1079D · Beech C90A · Navigation SystemSDR G1IA20230318037Actuator · inoperativeDISCREPANCY: THE RED GEAR HANDLE UNSAFE LIGHTS REMAINED ILLUMINATED AND THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR SAFE LIGHT REMAINED DARK WITH THE GEAR HANDLE IN THE DOWN POSITION. THE J HOOK WAS ALSO NOT VISIBLE. CYCLED THE LANDING GEAR ONE TIME AND THE SAME CONDITION CONTINUED UMar 18, 2023 · N1079D · Beech C90 · Landing Gear SystemSDR G1IA20230214043Dpu · abnormalON THE WAY BACK TO CHINLE FROM PHOENIX, BOTH OF MY EFIS SCREENS BEGAN TO FLICKER. THEY WOULD FLICKER FOR ABOUT TWO SECONDS THEN CORRECT THEMSELVES. ABOUT THE FIFTH TIME IT DID THIS IT FLASHED DPU FAILURE ON BOTH SCREENS FOR ABOUT 3 SECONDS THEN CORRECTED ITSEFeb 14, 2023 · N1079D · Beech C90A · Navigation SystemSDR G1IA2022110700031Actuator · misriggedON LANDING IN FLAGSTAFF, AZ, RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR SHOWED UNSAFE (NO GREEN LIGHT). BULB TESTED OK. LANDING GEAR MANUAL EXTENSION QRH PROCEDURE WAS PERFORMED RESULTING IN GOOD LANDING GEAR CONFIGURATION (3 GREEN, NO RED LIGHT IN HANDLE). EMERGENCY WAS DECLARNov 10, 2022 · N1079D · Beech C90A · Landing Gear ActuatorSDR G1IA201702011079DMotor · fumesTHE PILOT REPORTED DURING A FLIGHT, DURING CRUISE PORTION OF FLIGHT, AN ELECTRICAL BURNING ODOR AND FUMES WERE NOTED IN THE COCKPIT, WITH LIGHT SMOKE OBSERVED. DIVERTED AND MADE AN UNSCHEDULED LANDING WITH NO FURTHER ISSUES. MAINTENANCE REPLACED THE BLOWER MOTFeb 1, 2017 · N1079D · Beech C90A · Air Distribution FanSDR 7AJA20141116009Unknown · malfunctionedCRUISING AT 16000 FEET, THE CABIN TEMP KNOB BECAME LOOSE & WAS UNUSABLE. PULLED THE KNOB OFF SO WOULDN'T LOSE IT. MOVED THE CABIN TEMP MODE SELECTOR SWITCH TO MAN HEAT & INCREASED THE TEMP BY HOLDING UP ON THE MANUAL TEMP SWITCH. CONTINUED TO ADJUST THE CABNov 16, 2014 · N1079D · Beech C90A · Heating SystemSDR 7AJA20130711004Unknown · vibrationTAXI TO RWY, , ADDING POWER FOR TAKEOFF, AT 1000 FT TORQUE ITT WAS AT 670 LE AND 680 RE. AT ROTATION, 95 KNOTS EXPERIENCED STRONG VIBRATION FROM THE SEAT NOT YOKE. AIRPLANE WASN’T PERFORMING NORMALLY, IT COULD BARELY CLIMB, STALL WARNING WAS GOING ON AND OJul 10, 2013 · N1079D · Beech C90A · Fuselage Structure (General)SDR 7AJA20130221001Motor · malfunctionedLANDING GEAR FAILED TO DEPLOY DURING FINAL APPROACH PHASE OF LANDING, AN EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED AND MANUAL EXTENSION OF GEAR WAS ACCOMPLISHED SUCCESSFULLY.Feb 17, 2013 · N1079D · Beech C90A · Landing Gear Retraction/Extension System

STCs that may be installed · 317

Approved for this aircraft’s airframe or engine model. The registry doesn’t record which STCs an aircraft has; its records do.

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Earlier aircraft with this N-number · 1

This aircraft carried N1079D before the one registered now. The FAA can assign a mark to another aircraft once a registration is cancelled.