- Registered owner
- Sierra American Corp
- Location
- Wilmington, DE
- Owner type
- Corporation
- Serial number
- 221
- Year built
- 1969
- Type
- Fixed wing multi engine
- Engine
- Turbo-fan
- Airworthiness
- Standard, transport
- Airworthiness date
- December 4, 1996
- Certificate issued
- October 13, 1999
- Expires
- July 31, 2028
- Mode S code
- A1E676
Dassault/Sud FAN JET FALCONTCDS A7EUAirframe · Dassault/Sud FAN JET FALCONTCDS E7EAEngine · GE CF700 series
From the FAA registry file of October 24, 2026. The registry lists only the engine series, so ADs for every GE CF700 model are included below.
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Airworthiness directives that may apply · 50
Matched by this aircraft’s airframe and engine models. Each AD’s applicability may narrow it by serial number, part number or equipment.
| 1967 | 3 |
|---|---|
| 1968 | 2 |
| 1969 | 3 |
| 1970 | 1 |
| 1973 | 1 |
| 1975 | 2 |
| 1976 | 4 |
| 1977 | 1 |
| 1979 | 1 |
| 1981 | 1 |
| 1982 | 1 |
| 1985 | 1 |
| 1988 | 1 |
| 1997 | 1 |
| 1998 | 3 |
| 1999 | 1 |
| 2000 | 3 |
| 2001 | 1 |
| 2002 | 1 |
| 2004 | 1 |
| 2008 | 2 |
| 2010 | 1 |
| 2011 | 1 |
| 2013 | 1 |
| 2014 | 1 |
| 2015 | 3 |
| 2017 | 3 |
| 2018 | 2 |
| 2019 | 1 |
| 2020 | 1 |
| 2023 | 4 |
| 2026 | 3 |
Airframe · Dassault/Sud FAN JET FALCON
AD 2026-13-02NavigationAD 2026-09-10Time Limits/Maintenance ChecksAD 2026-09-07Time Limits/Maintenance ChecksInformation bulletins that may apply · 2
Advisory, not mandatory.
Historical bulletins · 1
NTSB investigations
No NTSB investigations matched to N221TWMatched 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 Dassault/Sud FAN JET FALCON aircraft
FAA incident reports
No FAA accident or incident reports matched to N221TWMatched by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model. Reports from before this aircraft carried the mark are under Earlier aircraft. Reports on Dassault/Sud FAN JET FALCON aircraft
Service difficulty reports · 14
Matched to this aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model.
SDR HAEA20180102001Line · crackedSUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION. AIRCRAFT DEPARTED KFNT-KSHV AND WAS @ FL280 WHEN THE CABIN ALT WARNING HORN AND LIGHT ACTIVATED THE CREW STARTED THE CHECKLIST AND SELECTED CABIN PRESSURIZATION MANUAL MODE AND ATTEMPTED TO LOWER THE CABIN ALTITUDE WITH NO SUCCESS, ANSDR HAEA2016F00035Governor · brokenON DEPARTURE, DURING CLIMBOUT THE CREW NOTICED THE NR 1 EPR HAD DROPPED TO 1.4 AND 600 DEG EGT AND THEY RETURNED. MAINTENACE FOUND THE OVERSPEED GOVERNOR TEST LINKAGE HAD BROKEN, PUTTING THE OSG IN TO GROUND TEST MODE, THE OSG WAS REPLACED AND ALL OPS CHECKS SDR HAEA200900212Anti-Ice Valve · vibrationON TRANSITION FROM CLIMB TO CRUISE A FAINT GROWLING NOISE WAS HEARD IN THE REAR OF THE ACFT. WHEN SPEED INCREASED FROM 230 KTS TO 275 KTS THE SOUND BECAME MORE APPARENT. CREW REQUESTED TO DIVERT. UPON DESCENDING THROUGH 7000 MSL A FAINT POPPING NOISE WAS HEARSDR HAEA200900209Regulator · odorON DECENT INTO CLT CREW BEGIN TO DETECT ELECTRICAL SMOKE AND SAW SMOKE FROM BETWEEN THE GLARE SHIELD AND NR 3 GLASS. CREW DECLARED EMERGENCY AND LANDED CLT WITHOUT INCIDENT. INSPECTED WIRING FOR EVIDENCE OF DAMAGE. REPLACED WINDSHIELD HEAT REGULATOR.SDR HAEA200800205Fire Loop · shortedAC DEPARTED AND CLIMBED TO 3000 FT MSL. NR1 ENG FIRE WARNING HORN AND LIGHT ACTIVATED. AC DECLARED EMERGENCY AND RETURNED TO DEPARTURE. MAINT FOUND NO EVIDENCE OF FIRE. DISCOVERED NR1 FIRE LOOP SHORTED OUT. REPOSITIONED AND TESTED FIRES SYS WARNING. OPS CHECK SDR HAEA200700201Frame · corrodedDURING MCI INSPECTION FRAME 7 ON THE LT SIDE, DIRECTLY BEHIND AFT EDGE OF PILOTS SIDE WINDOW WAS FOUND TO BE CORRODED IN THE UPPER TUB. ENGINEERING EVALUATED THE CORROSION AND DETERMINED THAT REPAIR WAS NEEDED AND ISSUED AN ENGINEERING INSTRUCTION FOR THE REPASDR HAEA150Tire · blew outAIRCRAFT RT IB MAIN TIRE BLEW OUT ON TAKEOFF. AIRCRAFT DIVERTED. AIRCRAFT LANDED, NO INCIDENT.SDR 00122Odor · detectedPILOT REPORTED SHORTLY AFTER TAKEOFF THE CABIN HAD AN ODOR OF SMOKE OR MELTING PLASTIC. CREW PERFORMED EMERGENCY CHECK LIST AND RETURNED TO DEPARTURE AIRPORT WITH NO FURTHER SMOKE OR ODOR IN COCKPIT. UPDATE THIS REPORT AFTER MAINTENANCE.SDR 00105Outflow Valve · malfunctionedDURING CLIMBOUT, THE CABIN PRESSURE BEGAN TO CLIMB AND DESCEND AT HIGH RATES UNTIL THE CABIN STOPPED PRESSURIZING AT ALL. CONTINUED TO BE ERRATIC UNTIL LANDING. MAINTENANCE R & R PESSURIZATION RATE CONTROLLER OP'S AND LEAK CHECK GOOD.SDR 00090Engine · flamed outAIRCRAFT DEPARTED ADS WHILE CLIMBING FROM FL360 TO FL 370 LEFT ENGINE FLAMED OUT, ENGINE RELET AND CONTINUED TO DESTINATION, ON POST FLIGHT INSPECTION NO FOD DAMAGE OR LEAKS FOUND. NO FURTHER PROBLEM ON NEXT LEG.SDR 00079Fuel Nozzle · malfunctionedPILOT REPORTED, DURING DECENT RT ENGINE FLAMED OUT, ATC NOTIFIED, RESTART OF RT ENGINE PERFORMED, UNEVENTFUL LANDING. DURING TAXI, GROUND CONTROL REPORTED FLAMES SHOOTING OUT OF TAIL PIPE. RT ENGINE, WILL UPDATE THIS SDR AFTER MAINTENANCE. PRECAUTIONARY ENGISDR 00045Engine · malfunctionedAIRCRAFT DEPARTED ELP, RT ENGINE OIL PRESSURE WENT TO ZERO DURING CLIMB, RETURN TO DEPARTURE AIRPORT, WILL UP DATE REPORT AFTER MAINTENANCE.SDR 00044Transducer · failedAIRCRAFT DEPARTED SDF FOR RFD AFTER REACHING 13,000 MSL THE RT ENGINE OIL PRESSURE LIGHT CAME ON AND INDICATION WAS IN THE RED, OIL TEMP WAS NORMAL, ENGINE WAS SHUT DOWN AND SECURED, AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO SDF. MAINTENANCE SWAPPED OIL PRESSURE TRANSDUCERS AND SDR 00013Engine · flamed outDURING CRUISE RT ENGINE FLAME-OUT AT FLT LVL 390, DESCENT TO FL 190. RELIGHT NORMAL, ALL INDICATIONS NORMAL, NO FURTHER PROBLEMS.
STCs that may be installed · 211
Approved for this aircraft’s airframe or engine model. The registry doesn’t record which STCs an aircraft has; its records do.