# N888TW: 1974 Gates Lear Jet 24D, registration cancelled 2018-03-19

- Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft)
- Cancelled: March 19, 2018
- Status when cancelled: Registration expired, pending cancellation
- Airframe: [Gates Lear Jet 24D](https://openairdocs.org/model/gates-lear-jet-24d) (registry code 5170311)
- Engine: [GE CJ610-SER series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/ge-cj610-ser-series) (registry code 30006)
- Data sheets: [TCDS A10CE](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/A10CE), [TCDS 1E16](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/1E16) (OpenAirDocs)
- Serial number: 292
- Year built: 1974
- Type of aircraft: Fixed wing multi engine
- Engine type: Turbo-jet
- Airworthiness: Standard, transport
- Airworthiness date: April 12, 1974
- Certificate issued: April 21, 1993
- Last registry action: November 18, 2013
- Mode S code: AC3D4B
- Owner when cancelled: [Sierra American Corporation](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/SIERRA%20AMERICAN%20CORPORATION)
- Location: [Wilmington, DE](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/DE/Wilmington)
- Owner type: Corporation
- Owner's area on the map: 39.7376° N, 75.6671° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 19808, within about 2 miles (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based
- The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N888TW
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=888TW
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N888TW-2018-03-19

From the FAA registry file of November 4, 2026, cancelled registrations. Owners' street addresses are left out. The Mode S code belongs to the N-number, not the airframe.

ADs and bulletins for the Gates Lear Jet 24D: https://openairdocs.org/model/gates-lear-jet-24d.md

## Service difficulty reports (6)

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

- [SDR HAEA200600193](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/HAEA200600193), Aug 28, 2006: FAN. FAILED. PILOT SMELLED THE ODOR OF SMOKE, TURNED OF AFT CABIN FAN AND SMOKE ODOR WENT AWAY. MAINTENANCE INSPECTED AND FOUND CABIN FAN INOP AND PERFORMED PROCEDURE TO MEL
- [SDR 00133](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/00133), Mar 20, 2004: ENGINE. FLAMED OUT. PILOT REPORTED, LT ENGINE FLAMED OUT CLIMBING THRU FL38.5, ENGINE RELET AT FL25. CONTINUED FLIGHT WITH NO FURTHER PROBLEM, PILOT INSPECTED ENGINE AT DESTINATION
- [SDR 00131](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/00131), Feb 10, 2004: ENGINE. FLAMED OUT. PILOT REPORTED LT ENGINE FLAMED OUT CLIMBING FROM FL 370. WILL UPDATE THIS SDR AFTER MAINTENANCE. LT ENGINE REMOVED FOR HSI INSPECTION NO ABNORMAL WEAR REPORTED
- [SDR 00107](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/00107), Aug 27, 2003: ENGINE. FLAMED OUT. PILOT REPORTED LT ENGINE FLAMED OUT CLIMBING FROM FL400 TO FL410 NORMAL RESTART PERFORMED AND RETURN TO FL410 FOR REMAINDER OF FLIGHT WITH NO FURTHER PROBLEM, E
- [SDR 00059](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/00059), Nov 1, 2002: CONTROL BOX. INOPERATIVE. AIRCRAFT DEPARTED AND AFTER INTERMIDIATE LEVEL OFF, NORMAL PITCH TRIM WAS FOUND TO BE NOT WORKING. AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO DEPARTURE AIRPORT FOR MAINTENANCE USING 
- [SDR 00052](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/00052), Oct 12, 2002: MODULE. MALFUNCTIONED. AIRCRAFT DEPARTED ELP, CABIN PRESSURE WOULD CLIMB WITH AIRCRAFT, RETURN TO ELP FOR MAINTENANCE.MAINTENANCE REPOSTIONED TUBE ON CABIN PRESSURE MODULE AND OPS CK 

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